| 单词 | diminutive |
| 释义 | diminutive —diminutively, adv. —diminutiveness, n. /di min"yeuh tiv/, adj. 1. small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout. 2. Gram. pertaining to or productive of a form denoting smallness, familiarity, affection, or triviality, as the suffix -let, in droplet from drop. n. 3. a small thing or person. 4. Gram. a diminutive element or formation. 5. Heraldry. a charge, as an ordinary, smaller in length or breadth than the usual. [1350-1400; ME < ML diminutivus, equiv. to L diminut(us) lessened (for deminutus; see DIMINUTION) + -ivus -IVE] Syn. 1. See little. |
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