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- noun Common misspelling of
diminutive .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Archive 2008-03-01 regina doman 2008
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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
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In the Bolivian lowlands, the diminuitive takes on this less-than-pleasing-to-the-ear form, and I had had enough.
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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.
There's always something. Fresca 2010
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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
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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
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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
johnmperry commented on the word diminuitive
diminutive?
June 22, 2008
asativum commented on the word diminuitive
Is it one? For what, I wonder.
June 24, 2008