Associations to the word «Diminutive»
Wiktionary
DIMINUTIVE, adjective. Very small.
DIMINUTIVE, adjective. Serving to diminish.
DIMINUTIVE, adjective. (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
DIMINUTIVE, noun. (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
Dictionary definition
DIMINUTIVE, noun. A word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness.
DIMINUTIVE, adjective. Very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy".
Wise words
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes
are truly endless.