diminutivenessn.

Etymology: formed as diminutive adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminutiveness.

The quality or condition of being diminutive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > extreme

minuteness1661

tininess1674

diminutiveness1727

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > extreme

perpusillity1598

minuteness1661

tininess1674

diminutiveness1727

infinitesimality1867

infinitesimalness1897

mininess1964

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Diminutiveness, littleness.

1751 Student 2 No. 6. 225 While he stood on tip-toes thrumming his bass-viol, the diminutiveness of his figure was totally eclips’d by the expansion of his instrument.

a1855 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) IV. 199 Next to names simple in themselves, those which fall easily into diminutiveness [1830, 1835 diminutives] seem to me most desirable..Lizzy, Bessy, Sophy, Fanny—the prettiest of all!

1894 Daily News 15 Oct. 6/4 In keeping with the universal neatness and diminutiveness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	diminutiveness
释义	diminutivenessn. Etymology: formed as diminutive adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminutiveness. The quality or condition of being diminutive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > extreme minuteness1661 tininess1674 diminutiveness1727 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > extreme perpusillity1598 minuteness1661 tininess1674 diminutiveness1727 infinitesimality1867 infinitesimalness1897 mininess1964 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Diminutiveness, littleness. 1751 Student 2 No. 6. 225 While he stood on tip-toes thrumming his bass-viol, the diminutiveness of his figure was totally eclips’d by the expansion of his instrument. a1855 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) IV. 199 Next to names simple in themselves, those which fall easily into diminutiveness [1830, 1835 diminutives] seem to me most desirable..Lizzy, Bessy, Sophy, Fanny—the prettiest of all! 1894 Daily News 15 Oct. 6/4 In keeping with the universal neatness and diminutiveness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1727
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