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verb (used with object)
1.
to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
2.
Architecture. to give (a column) a form tapering inward from bottom to top.
3.
Music. to make (an interval) smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding perfect or minor interval.
4.
to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage.
verb (used without object)
5.
to lessen; decrease.
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Diminishable
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; blend of diminuen (< Anglo-French diminuer < Medieval Latin dīminuere for Latin dēminuere to make smaller) and minishen minish
1400–50; late Middle English; blend of diminuen (< Anglo-French diminuer < Medieval Latin dīminuere for Latin dēminuere to make smaller) and minishen minish
Related forms
di·min·ish·a·ble, adjective
di·min·ish·ment, noun
non·di·min·ish·ing, adjective
pre·di·min·ish, verb (used with object)
pre·di·min·ish·ment, noun
EXPANDun·di·min·ish·a·ble, adjective
un·di·min·ish·a·ble·ness, noun
un·di·min·ish·a·b·ly, adverb
un·di·min·ished, adjective
un·di·min·ish·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
diminish
early 15c., from merger of two obsolete verbs, diminue and minish. Diminue is from O.Fr. diminuer "make small," from L. diminuere "break into small pieces," variant of deminuere "lessen, diminish," from de- "completely" + minuere "make small," from root of minus (see
EXPAND minus). Related: Diminished; diminishes; diminishing. Minish is from O.Fr. menuisier, from L. minuere.
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