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单词 diminutive
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diminutive

adjective
/dɪˈmɪnjətɪv/
/dɪˈmɪnjətɪv/
(formal)
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  1. very small
    • She was a diminutive figure beside her husband.
    • He exercised frequently, trying to add strength to his diminutive body.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDiminutive is used with these nouns:
    • size
    • stature
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as a grammatical term): from Old French diminutif, -ive, from late Latin diminutivus, from Latin deminut- ‘diminished’, from the verb deminuere, from minuere ‘make small’.

diminutive

noun
/dɪˈmɪnjətɪv/
/dɪˈmɪnjətɪv/
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  1. a word or an ending of a word that shows that somebody/something is small, for example piglet (= a young pig), kitchenette (= a small kitchen)
  2. a short informal form of a word, especially a name
    • ‘Nick’ is a common diminutive of ‘Nicholas’.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a grammatical term): from Old French diminutif, -ive, from late Latin diminutivus, from Latin deminut- ‘diminished’, from the verb deminuere, from minuere ‘make small’.
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