diminutiveness

di·min·u·tive

D0228500 (dĭ-mĭn′yə-tĭv)adj.1. Extremely or extraordinarily small. See Synonyms at small.2. Grammar Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt, as -let in booklet, -kin in lambkin, or -et in nymphet.n.1. Grammar A diminutive suffix, word, or name.2. A very small person or thing.

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[Middle English diminutif, from Old French, from Latin dīminūtīvus, from dīminūtus, past participle of dīminuere; see diminish.]

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di·min′u·tive·ly adv.di·min′u·tive·ness n.

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diminutiveness - the property of being very small in size; "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting"minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weenesslittleness, smallness - the property of having a relatively small size

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