Diminutive vs Midget - What's the difference?
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Very small.
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Serving to diminish.
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(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(originally) A little sandfly.
(loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge
A normally proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10".
(sometimes derogatory) Any short person.
(attributively) That is a small version of something; miniature
Diminutive is a related term of midget.
As nouns the difference between diminutive and midget
is that diminutive is (grammar) a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment while midget is (originally) a little sandfly.As an adjective diminutive
is very small.diminutive
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
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- diminutive of liberty
Synonyms
* (very small) lilliputian, tinyAntonyms
* (very small) huge, gigantic * augmentativeNoun
(wikipedia diminutive) (en noun)- Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’ .
Synonyms
* nomen deminutivumAntonyms
* augmentativeExternal links
* (wikipedia "diminutive")midget
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''Although tiny and just two-winged, midgets can bite you manyfold till you itch all over your unprotected skin
- the midget pony