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diminutive
English
Alternative forms
- (noun, grammar): dim. (abbreviation)
Etymology
From Middle French diminutif (1398), from Latin diminutivum, from d?minu? (“diminish”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /d??m?n.j?.t?v/, /d??m?n.j?.t?v/
Adjective
diminutive (comparative more diminutive, superlative most diminutive)
- Very small.
- Synonyms: lilliputian, tiny
- Antonyms: huge, gigantic
- (obsolete) Serving to diminish.
- 1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 1714 edition republished by Gregg International Publishers, 1968, Volume 3, Miscellany 3, Chapter 2, p. 175,[2]
- They cou’d, perhaps, even embrace POVERTY contentedly, rather than submit to any thing diminutive either of their inward Freedom or national Liberty.
- 1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 1714 edition republished by Gregg International Publishers, 1968, Volume 3, Miscellany 3, Chapter 2, p. 175,[2]
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
- Antonym: augmentative
Translations
Noun
diminutive (plural diminutives)
- (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
- Synonyms: nomen deminutivum, pet form
- Antonym: augmentative
Translations
Related terms
- diminish
- diminution
- diminutization
- diminutize
- dimwit
Further reading
- diminutive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Adjective
diminutive
- definite of diminutiv
- plural of diminutiv
French
Adjective
diminutive
- feminine singular of diminutif
German
Adjective
diminutive
- inflection of diminutiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
diminutive
- feminine plural of diminutivo
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
diminutive
- definite singular/plural of diminutiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
diminutive
- definite singular/plural of diminutiv
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elfin
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf?n/
- Rhymes: -?lf?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English elven, from Old English elfen, ælfen (“nymph, spirit, fairy”), feminine of elf, ælf (“elf”), equivalent to elf +? -en. Cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“a fairy, nymph”).
Noun
elfin (plural elfins)
- An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
- A little urchin or child.
- Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.
Etymology 2
Partly from attributive use of Etymology 1, but reanalysed by Spenser as if equivalent to elf +? -en. Compare elven (adj), elvan.
Adjective
elfin (comparative more elfin, superlative most elfin)
- Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in its tiny size or features.
- Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Translations
Synonyms
- see list in elven
Anagrams
- lifen, nifle
Dutch
Alternative forms
- elvin
Etymology
From elf +? -in.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?f?n/
- Hyphenation: el?fin
- Rhymes: -?n
Noun
elfin f (plural elfinnen, diminutive elfinnetje n, masculine elf)
- A female elf (fantasy humanoid).
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