diminuatev.
intransitive. To use a diminutive word or expression. (Cf. diminuent adj.)Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > judge wrongly [verb (intransitive)] > underestimate or understate
to look (also see) through the wrong (also other) end of the perspective1646
diminuate1883
poor-mouth1948
lowball1979
1883 M. Collins From Midnight to Midnight viii. 174 ‘You are a little wild.’ ‘A little! you diminuate!’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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v.1883- to milk the hegoat
- to milk the market
- to milk the pack
- to milk the ram
- to milk the street
- to mill doll
- to mill dolly
- to mill up
- to mince an oath
- to mince away
- to mince it
- to mince matters
- to mince the matter
- to mince words
- to mind one's book
- to mind one's business
- to mind one's manners
- to mind one's own business
- to mind one's p's and q's
- to mind one's step
- to mind out
- to mind the shop
- to mind the store
- to mind, provide for, be careful of the main chance
- to mind, value , be worth a fig or fig's end