1. Adjective
Below the average size; very small; little.
2. Adjective
Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
3. Adjective
Tending to diminish.
4. Noun
Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
5. Noun
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.
6. Noun
a word that is formed with a suffix (such as ‘-let’ or ‘-kin’) to indicate smallness
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