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diminuitive

diminuitive is the misspelling of diminutive.

Meaning of diminutive

Noun

diminutive (plural diminutives)

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

See all 5 meanings of diminutive

Origin of diminuitive

From diminutive, with an epenthetic (added) syllable in non-standard or regional pronunciation. Compare e.g. mischevious, a non-standard form of mischievous.

Questions about diminuitive

What is diminuitive the misspelling of?
Diminuitive is the misspelling of diminutive.

Words near diminuitive in the dictionary

  1. diminisht
  2. diminue
  3. diminuendo
  4. diminuendos
  5. diminuent
  6. diminuitive
  7. diminute
  8. diminuted
  9. diminutes
  10. diminuting
  11. diminution

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