Diminuitive (adj) (noun)
dim-in-yu-tiv
Extremely or unusually small./A shortened form of a name, typically used informally.
Late Middle English (as a grammatical term): from Old French diminutif, -ive, from late Latin diminutivus, from Latin deminut- ‘diminished’, from the verb deminuere (see diminish).
Example sentences
“A diminuitive figure shrouded in darkness.”
