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Diminutive vs Floy - What's the difference?

diminutive | floy |

As an adjective diminutive

is very small.

As a noun diminutive

is (grammar) a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

As a proper noun floy is

a diminutive of the female given name florence.

diminutive

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very small.
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  • Serving to diminish.
  • * Shaftesbury
    • diminutive of liberty
  • (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

    • Synonyms

    * (very small) lilliputian, tiny

    Antonyms

    * (very small) huge, gigantic * augmentative

    Noun

    (wikipedia diminutive) (en noun)
  • (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
    • Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’ .

    Synonyms

    * nomen deminutivum

    Antonyms

    * augmentative

    External links

    * (wikipedia "diminutive")

    Related terms

    * diminish * dimwit ----

    floy

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given name Florence.
  • * 1848 :
    • Then he would turn his head, and watch the child away, and say to Florence, 'We don't want any others, do we? Kiss me, Floy .'
    English diminutives of female given names