† diminuteadj.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s de-.

Etymology: < Latin dī-, dēminūtus, past participle of dī- , dēminuĕre to diminish v.

Obsolete.

1. Diminished, lessened; abated; incomplete, defective. diminute conversion (Logic), conversio per accidens, in which the converse asserts less than the convertend, as in ‘All the lawyers were graduates. Some graduates were lawyers.’

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased

diminutec1475

suppeditate?1526

lessened1565

minished1590

declined1591

reduced1591

bated1600

contracted1603

waneda1616

mute1627

shrivelleda1631

refracted1635

imminutea1681

retrenched1693

lowered1730

diminished1745

subdued1785

dwindled1796

depressed1831

shrunken1873

downrated1958

whittled-down1961

pared-down1974

slim-down1978

slimmed-down1978

c1475 Partenay 5680 He and his land shold be disherite, Exile and deminute by his dedes smart.

a1500 R. Henryson in tr. Æsop Fables Prol. l. 41 in Poems (1981) 4 Gif ȝe find ocht..Be deminute, or ȝit superfluous.

1533 T. More Apol. viii, in Wks. 861/2 That hee neuer wrote that sermon himselfe, but that some of hys audience..dydde wryte it dyminute, and mangled for lacke of good remembraunce.

1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Aiv^v If the partes make lesse than the whole nomber..then is that nomber called Diminute, or Defectiue. As .8. hath these partes .1..2..4. whiche make but .7.

1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xxiv. 304 Affix prices made diminute and lessened to such proportions and abatements.

1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition II. 32 He who confesses an heretical Action or Word, but denies the wicked Intention..is..to be delivered over as a diminute, impenitent, and negative Heretick.

2. Diminutive, minute. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small of its kind

demi1418

young1550

minikin1566

dwarf-like1582

diminutive1602

minitive?1602

diminute1611

pocket1621

Lilliputian1726

duodecimo1780

toy1821

minified1841

junior1860

toy-sized1861

Lilliput1867

toyish1871

mini1963

1611 Sir A. Gorges (T.) The first seeds of things are little and diminute.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

diminutev.

Etymology: < Latin dī-, dēminūt- participial stem of dī- , dēminuĕre to diminish v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminute.

rare.

transitive. To lessen; to belittle; = diminish v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)]

anitherOE

fellOE

lowc1175

to lay lowc1225

to set adownc1275

snuba1340

meekc1350

depose1377

aneantizea1382

to bring lowa1387

declinea1400

meekenc1400

to pull downc1425

avalec1430

to-gradea1440

to put downc1440

humble1484

alow1494

deject?1521

depress1526

plucka1529

to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533

to bring down1535

to bring basec1540

adbass1548

diminish1560

afflict1561

to take down1562

to throw down1567

debase1569

embase1571

diminute1575

to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576

exinanite1577

to take (a person) a peg lower1589

to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589

disbasea1592

to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592

comb-cut1593

unpuff1598

atterr1605

dismount1608

annihilate1610

crest-fall1611

demit1611

pulla1616

avilea1617

to put a scorn on, upon1633

mortify1639

dimit1658

to put a person's pipe out1720

to let down1747

to set down1753

humiliate1757

to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789

start1821

squabash1822

to wipe a person's eye1823

to crop the feathers of1827

embarrass1839

to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

to cut out of all feather1865

to sit on ——1868

to turn down1870

to score off1882

to do (a person) in the eye1891

puncture1908

to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908

to cut down to size1927

flatten1932

to slap (a person) down1938

punk1963

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)]

vile1297

supplanta1382

to bring lowa1387

revilea1393

gradea1400

villain1412

abject?a1439

to-gradea1440

vilifyc1450

villainy1483

disparage1496

degradea1500

deject?1521

disgraduate1528

disgress1528

regrade1534

base1538

diminute1575

lessen1579

to turn down1581

to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593

disesteem1594

degender1596

unnoble1598

disrank1599

reduce1599

couch1602

disthrone1603

displume1606

unplume1621

disnoble1622

disworth?1623

villainize1623

unglory1626

ungraduate1633

disennoble1645

vilicate1646

degraduate1649

bemean1651

deplume1651

lower1653

cheapen1654

dethrone1659

diminish1667

scoundrel1701

sink1706

demean1715

abjectate1731

unglorifya1740

unmagnify1747

undignify1768

to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819

dishero1838

misdemean1843

downgrade1892

demote1919

objectify1973

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 51^v I Imploir..Ȝe not deiect the dignitie, nor gloir, Spulȝe, nor reif, diminute, nor defloir. Into na sort this deifeit Goddes.

1883 J. C. Morison in Macmillan's Mag. 200 The repugnant task of diminuting our hero has been forced upon us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	diminute
释义	† diminuteadj. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s de-. Etymology: < Latin dī-, dēminūtus, past participle of dī- , dēminuĕre to diminish v. Obsolete. 1. Diminished, lessened; abated; incomplete, defective. diminute conversion (Logic), conversio per accidens, in which the converse asserts less than the convertend, as in ‘All the lawyers were graduates. Some graduates were lawyers.’ ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased diminutec1475 suppeditate?1526 lessened1565 minished1590 declined1591 reduced1591 bated1600 contracted1603 waneda1616 mute1627 shrivelleda1631 refracted1635 imminutea1681 retrenched1693 lowered1730 diminished1745 subdued1785 dwindled1796 depressed1831 shrunken1873 downrated1958 whittled-down1961 pared-down1974 slim-down1978 slimmed-down1978 c1475 Partenay 5680 He and his land shold be disherite, Exile and deminute by his dedes smart. a1500 R. Henryson in tr. Æsop Fables Prol. l. 41 in Poems (1981) 4 Gif ȝe find ocht..Be deminute, or ȝit superfluous. 1533 T. More Apol. viii, in Wks. 861/2 That hee neuer wrote that sermon himselfe, but that some of hys audience..dydde wryte it dyminute, and mangled for lacke of good remembraunce. 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Aiv^v If the partes make lesse than the whole nomber..then is that nomber called Diminute, or Defectiue. As .8. hath these partes .1..2..4. whiche make but .7. 1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xxiv. 304 Affix prices made diminute and lessened to such proportions and abatements. 1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition II. 32 He who confesses an heretical Action or Word, but denies the wicked Intention..is..to be delivered over as a diminute, impenitent, and negative Heretick. 2. Diminutive, minute. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small of its kind demi1418 young1550 minikin1566 dwarf-like1582 diminutive1602 minitive?1602 diminute1611 pocket1621 Lilliputian1726 duodecimo1780 toy1821 minified1841 junior1860 toy-sized1861 Lilliput1867 toyish1871 mini1963 1611 Sir A. Gorges (T.) The first seeds of things are little and diminute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). diminutev. Etymology: < Latin dī-, dēminūt- participial stem of dī- , dēminuĕre to diminish v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminute. rare. transitive. To lessen; to belittle; = diminish v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)] vile1297 supplanta1382 to bring lowa1387 revilea1393 gradea1400 villain1412 abject?a1439 to-gradea1440 vilifyc1450 villainy1483 disparage1496 degradea1500 deject?1521 disgraduate1528 disgress1528 regrade1534 base1538 diminute1575 lessen1579 to turn down1581 to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593 disesteem1594 degender1596 unnoble1598 disrank1599 reduce1599 couch1602 disthrone1603 displume1606 unplume1621 disnoble1622 disworth?1623 villainize1623 unglory1626 ungraduate1633 disennoble1645 vilicate1646 degraduate1649 bemean1651 deplume1651 lower1653 cheapen1654 dethrone1659 diminish1667 scoundrel1701 sink1706 demean1715 abjectate1731 unglorifya1740 unmagnify1747 undignify1768 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 dishero1838 misdemean1843 downgrade1892 demote1919 objectify1973 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 51^v I Imploir..Ȝe not deiect the dignitie, nor gloir, Spulȝe, nor reif, diminute, nor defloir. Into na sort this deifeit Goddes. 1883 J. C. Morison in Macmillan's Mag. 200 The repugnant task of diminuting our hero has been forced upon us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.c1475v.1575
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