Synonyms for diminutiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-min-yuh-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɪn yə tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for diminutiveness
Définition of diminutiveness
Origin :- late 14c. (noun and adjective), from Old French diminutif (14c.), from Latin diminutivus, earlier deminutivus, from past participle stem of deminuere (see diminish).
- As in smallness : noun littleness
- Thus you see the diminutiveness of this Earth as compared to the Sun.
- Extract from : « The Spirit of God As Fire » by D. Mortimore
- The diminutiveness of the prizes is emphasized if they are wrapped in a series of boxes, each one larger than the next.
- Extract from : « Bright Ideas for Entertaining » by Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott
- I knew him instantly from the pictures I had seen of him, but was surprised at the diminutiveness of his person.
- Extract from : « Pencillings by the Way » by N. Parker Willis
- Consequently he sits tall, and with the peculiar erectness of head and neck, his diminutiveness disappears.
- Extract from : « Pencillings by the Way » by N. Parker Willis
- The eggs of the hummingbird are white, but the diminutiveness of their receptacle is a sufficient concealment.
- Extract from : « Riverby » by John Burroughs
- If petty larceny be his offence, I exhort you, do not confound meanness of crime with diminutiveness of stature.
- Extract from : « The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb » by Charles Lamb
- So it goes all over Austria and Russia: the diminutiveness is plainly apparent.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898 » by Various
- The diminutiveness of these small rooms admitted of their being infinitely multiplied.
- Extract from : « The Wonders of Pompeii » by Marc Monnier
- The diminutiveness of the nurse-perambulators is the most surprising part of the performance.
- Extract from : « The Soul of the Far East » by Percival Lowell
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