DIMINUTIVE

diminutive. Diminutive, a. small, little, contempitble, mean

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Di‐min″u‐tive (?), a. [[Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.]] 1. 1. Below the average size; very small; little.
2. 2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
3. 3. Tending to diminish.
Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury.