† adminutiveadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin adminut- , adminuere , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin adminut-, past participial stem of adminuere to diminish, lessen (4th cent.; < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + minuere to lessen: see minor adj.) + -ive suffix, after diminutive adj. Compare also earlier adminish v.

Obsolete. rare.

Characterized by diminution, tending to grow less.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > characterized by decrease

adminutive1656

reductional1816

1656 J. Trapp Comm. New Test. (ed. 2) (Rev. xiii. 3) 998 Cotton the Jesuite confesses, that..now the Christian Church is but adminutive [1647 is but a diminitive].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	adminutive
释义	† adminutiveadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin adminut- , adminuere , -ive suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin adminut-, past participial stem of adminuere to diminish, lessen (4th cent.; < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + minuere to lessen: see minor adj.) + -ive suffix, after diminutive adj. Compare also earlier adminish v. Obsolete. rare. Characterized by diminution, tending to grow less. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > characterized by decrease adminutive1656 reductional1816 1656 J. Trapp Comm. New Test. (ed. 2) (Rev. xiii. 3) 998 Cotton the Jesuite confesses, that..now the Christian Church is but adminutive [1647 is but a diminitive]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1656
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