diminutive
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He was a diminutive guitar deity who could only have descended in America, but calling him something so plain and mortal as “American” still feels close to sacrilege.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
The diminutive middle-order batter took two sensational catches at short leg against the Proteas in Johannesburg.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
"Lera was a ray of sunshine. She loved Odesa, Ukrainian culture, the opera," she said, using Valeria's diminutive name.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
Memorable figures include the town barber and perpetual bachelor, Jayber Crow, and the Falstaffian 300-pound farmer Ptolemy Proudfoot, who lives happily with his diminutive wife, Miss Minnie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Holly sat, never taking her hazel eyes from the diminutive monster before her.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Vocabulary lists containing diminutive
Metamorphosis
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The Glass Castle
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