A diminutive is a word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. |
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animal | animalcule, animalculum |
ball | ballet, bullet |
brace | bracelet |
cask | casket |
cock | cockerel |
convent | conventicle |
corn | kernel |
cover | coverlet |
crown | coronet |
dear | darling |
duck | duckling |
eagle | eaglet |
flower | floweret |
fourth | farthing |
globe | globule |
goose | gosling |
grain | granule |
hill | hillock |
latch | latchet |
leaf | leaflet |
lock | locket |
man | manikin, mannikin |
park | paddock |
part | particle |
seed | seedlet |
sphere | spherule |
stream | streamlet |
throat | throttle |
tower | turret |
verse | versicle, verselet, verset |
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