diminutiveness
41nothingness — n 1. nihility, nullity, nonexistence, Fr. nbant. existencelessness; nonreality, nonlife, unreality, unactuality; incorporeality, insubstantiality, nonsubsistence, inexistence; nonentity, inessentiality, nonbeing, immateriality, imponderability,… …
42nullity — n 1. nothingness, nihility, existencelessness, Fr. neant; unreality, nonreality, unactuality, inexistence, insubstantiality, incorporeality, incorporei ty; immateriality, imponderability, nothing, impalpability, intangibility; void, vacuity,… …
43diminutive — /dəˈmɪnjətɪv / (say duh minyuhtiv) adjective 1. small; little; tiny: *he tore little strips of paper and made diminutive notes upon them. –peter carey, 1988. 2. Grammar relating to or productive of a form denoting smallness, familiarity,… …
44diminutive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely or unusually small. 2) (of a word, name, or suffix) implying smallness (e.g. let in booklet). ► NOUN ▪ a shortened form of a name, typically used informally. DERIVATIVES diminutively adverb diminutiveness noun …
45diminutively — diminutive ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely or unusually small. 2) (of a word, name, or suffix) implying smallness (e.g. let in booklet). ► NOUN ▪ a shortened form of a name, typically used informally. DERIVATIVES diminutively adverb diminutiveness noun …
46beautiful — [byo͞ot′ə fəl; ] often [ byo͞ot′ēfəl] adj. having beauty; very pleasing to the eye, ear, mind, etc. interj. used to express approval or pleasure the beautiful 1. the quality of beauty 2. those who are beautiful beautifully adv. SYN. BEAUTIFUL is… …
47diminutive — [də min′yo͞o tiv, də min′yətiv] adj. [ME & OFr diminutif < LL diminutivus < pp. of L deminuere, DIMINISH] 1. much smaller than ordinary or average; very small; tiny 2. Gram. expressing smallness or diminution [a diminutive suffix or name] n …
48diminutive — adj. & n. adj. 1 remarkably small; tiny. 2 Gram. (of a word or suffix) implying smallness, either actual or imputed in token of affection, scorn, etc. (e.g. let, kins). n. Gram. a diminutive word or suffix. Derivatives: diminutival adj.… …
49flyspeck — I noun a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly • Hypernyms: ↑atom, ↑molecule, ↑particle, ↑corpuscle, ↑mote, ↑speck II adjective very small …
50littleness — noun 1. the property of having a relatively small size • Syn: ↑smallness • Ant: ↑bigness, ↑largeness (for: ↑smallness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑lit …
