Extremely small in size; tiny. See Synonyms at small.
Grammar Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt, as -let in booklet, -kin in lambkin, or -et in nymphet.
n.
Grammar A diminutive suffix, word, or name.
A very small person or thing.
[Middle English diminutif, from Old French, from Latin dīminūtīvus, variant of dēminūtīvus, from dēminūtus, past participle of dēminuere, to lessen; see diminish.] di·min'u·tive·ly adv., di·min'u·tive·ness n.