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hypocoristic /ˌhʌɪpə(ʊ)kəˈrɪstɪk /adjectiveDenoting or of the nature of a pet name or diminutive form of a name.The hypocoristic types differ both in their affective/emotive connotations and in who uses them....- Consider the hypocoristic data in representing a common pattern in Arabic.
- When one needs to call a young child, the hypocoristic form of the mother's name is used, e.g. ishaVeneth ‘Little Beneth’.
nounA hypocoristic name or form.This list tends to exclude these more obvious hypocoristics and focus on other kinds....- We will return to this problem after considering the general structural constraints on hypocoristics.
- These formations are of a different type than the hypocoristics discussed in Benua under Output-Output constraints.
Derivativeshypocorism noun ...- ‘Bill’ was not used as a hypocorism during the Middle Ages and so the surname ‘Bill’ is not involved.
- The suffix o/a attaches to Pilipin - before the hypocorism to o/ay.
- A hypocoristic (or hypocorism) is a lesser form of the given name used in more intimate situations, as a term of endearment, a pet name.
OriginMid 19th century: from Greek hupokorisma, from hupokorizesthai 'play the child', from hupo 'under' + korē 'child'. |