DIMINUTIVAL
Di*min`u*ti"val, a.
Defn: Indicating diminution; diminutive. "Diminutival forms" [of words]. Earle. — n.
Defn: A diminutive. Earle.
DIMINUTIVE
Di*min"u*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.]
1. Below the average size; very small; little.
2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
3. Tending to diminish. [R.] Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury.
DIMINUTIVE
Di*min"u*tive, n.
1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. Such water flies, diminutives of nature. Shak.
2. (Gram.)