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Extremely or unusually small
“I would sit on the ground behind a diminutive bush some distance away.”
Short and stocky in build
“The diminutive man made a step forward, and spoke through the folds of the cloak which seemed to muffle a sarcastic intention.”
Causing the reduction or diminution of something
An undersized or stunted plant, animal or person
“The rhonchus is, evidently, a diminutive of the finer mucous bubbling species, which is confessedly produced in the smaller bronchi.”
A shortened word form, typically expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment
“Booklet, the diminutive of book, means 'small book'.”
A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing
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