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  • noun Common misspelling of diminutive.

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Examples

  • Kyle Smith is no doubt steaming after passing on a date with Z.Z. Packer. via Maud, who I will never refer to as diminuitive

    We Northern Californians Have Book Awards Too : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2004

  • It doesn't look like it, and I'd be so much more inclined to make jam with this diminuitive fruit if I didn't have to peel it ...

    How to make apricot jam | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • Well, I think part of why “Paki” is often found to be offensive lies in the English suffix “- ie”, suggesting a diminuitive.

    Is There Anybody Out There? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • As someone who, as a child, had never liked playing with dolls or dressing up, I was amazed at how much fun it was to buy diminuitive sweaters and make small-scale dresses.

    Archive 2008-03-01 regina doman 2008

  • I was first introduced to the beauty of pedestals at a homey hole-in-the-wall pizzeria, where the pizza was served on pedestals so that even six diners could gather around the restarant's diminuitive tables to eat.

    Archive 2008-07-01 regina doman 2008

  • In the Bolivian lowlands, the diminuitive takes on this less-than-pleasing-to-the-ear form, and I had had enough.

    Beni and beyond « Wanderings 2008

  • Being a nerd and feeling about the diminuitive Seth Green similarly to the way you feel about William Shatner I watched the director's commentary for this.

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  • As someone who, as a child, had never liked playing with dolls or dressing up, I was amazed at how much fun it was to buy diminuitive sweaters and make small-scale dresses.

    Dolls Were A Pale Foreshadowing... regina doman 2008

  • My one daughter serves as my tiny fashion model: she's so diminuitive my husband calls her his "elf maiden."

    Archive 2008-06-01 regina doman 2008

  • I was first introduced to the beauty of pedestals at a homey hole-in-the-wall pizzeria, where the pizza was served on pedestals so that even six diners could gather around the restarant's diminuitive tables to eat.

    Favorite Things: Serving Pedestals regina doman 2008

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  • diminutive?

    June 22, 2008

  • Is it one? For what, I wonder.

    June 24, 2008