Di‐min″u‐tive (?), a. [Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.] 1. Below the average size; very small; little.
2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
3. Tending to diminish.
Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.