[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

diminutive \dimin"utive\, a. cf. l. deminutivus, f.
   diminutif.
   1. below the average size; very small; little.
      1913 webster

   2. expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
      1913 webster

   3. tending to diminish. r.
      1913 webster

            diminutive of liberty.                --shaftesbury.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

diminutive \dimin"utive\, n.
   1. something of very small size or value; an insignificant
      thing.
      1913 webster

            such water flies, diminutives of nature. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. gram. 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.
      1913 webster

            babyisms and dear diminutives.        --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   note: the word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which
         expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as
         scribble.
         1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

diminutive
     adj : very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of
           drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
           flyspeck nation of bahrain moved toward democracy"
           syn: bantam, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny,
            flyspeck
     n : a word that is formed with a suffix such as -let or -kin
         to indicate smallness
see also:
bantam lilliputian midget petite tiny flyspeck 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

81 moby thesaurus words for "diminutive":
   lilliputian, affectionate name, baby, baby-sized, bantam, banty,
   button, byname, chit, cognomen, cognominal, compact, duodecimo,
   elfin, epithetic, featherweight, fingerling, formal, handy,
   honorific, hypocoristic, in name only, infinitesimal, lightweight,
   lilliputian, little, micro, microscopic, midget, mini, miniature,
   miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minnow, minny, minuscule, minute,
   mouse, nickname, nominal, nominative, nubbin, peewee, pet name,
   petite, pocket, pocket-sized, pony, pygmy, quasi, runt,
   self-called, self-christened, self-styled, shrimp, slip, small,
   small fry, small-scale, snip, snippet, so-called, sobriquet,
   soi-disant, subminiature, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny,
   tit, titular, toy, twelvemo, undersized, vest-pocket, wart, wee,
   weeny, wisp, would-be

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