diminutizing

Verb

diminutize (third-person singular simple present diminutizes, present participle diminutizing, simple past and past participle diminutized)

1. To put (a word, name) in a diminutive form.
   • […] her name is Concepcion, diminutized: Concha […]1904, Annetta Halliday-Antona, “Women Gem-Workers of the Far East”, in Gustav Stickley, Volume Six, editors, The Craftsman, page 143
2. To make (someone or something) appear smaller (often in a figurative sense).
   • You must remember that it takes two to make a bargain. On your side you look through a telescope so that it will magnify the value of your holdings, while the buyer, on the contrary, looks through the reverse end of the instrument so as to diminutize it as much as possible.1898, James Blanchard Clews, chapter 9, in Fortuna: A Story of Wall Street, New York: J.S. Ogilvie, page 81