dimin.

Noun

diminutive (plural diminutives)

1. A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
   • Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.

   Synonyms:

   nomen deminutivum

   Antonyms:

   augmentative

2. The smallest, thinnest version of a traditional heraldic ordinary ("geometric shape on a shield"), often used to represent multiple instances of a charge or to modify a main, central, and larger charge; not itself modifiable.

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