Diminutive

[dɪ'mɪnjʊtɪv] or [dɪ'mɪnjətɪv]

解释:

(noun.) a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness.

霍奇编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Below the average size; very small; little.

(a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.

(a.) Tending to diminish.

(n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

(n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.

整理:佩吉

同义词及近义词：

a. Little, small, dwarfish, tiny, puny, pygmean, contracted, minute, of small size.

卡特编辑

同义词及反义词：

[See DIMINISH_and_SMALL]

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