Word of the Day – Diminuitive

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.”