Alan Stern

It's interesting - Pluto's almost a brand unto itself. It's the farthest. It's the most diminutive of the classical planets. It's been maligned by astronomers. It's always the one with all the question marks in the back of the textbook in the table. I think children identify with it because it's smaller, kind of cute.

American Scientist

Eric Bischoff

When I created the Cruiserweight division in WCW, nobody called them cruiserweights in the industry at that point. That was a boxing term, not a wrestling term, but I did not want to call them junior heavyweights, light heavyweights, or anything that made them sound diminutive. I wanted it to sound special and cool.

American Businessman

Isabella Bird

The Japanese look most diminutive in European dress. Each garment is a misfit and exaggerates the miserable physique and the national defects of concave chests and bow legs. The lack of 'complexion' and of hair upon the face makes it nearly impossible to judge of the ages of men.

English Explorer

Saira Banu

Producer Ram Mukherjee was making 'Hum Hindustani' and he wanted to cast me opposite Sunil Dutt. But it was decided that I would look diminutive before him and the character too was such that she portrays herself to be opposite of what she is.

Indian Actress

Ryan Murphy

Joan Crawford and Bette Davis are larger than life. They just are. They sucked all the oxygen out of a room: they're icons; they loom large in our imaginations. But the truth of the matter is both women were diminutive.

American Writer

Elizabeth Marvel

In some ways, I missed my era because I'm big and messy and have big feelings and take up space on a stage rather than being diminutive and childlike in my woman-ness.

American Actress

Patrick Cox

Rock stars love Cuban heels because a lot of them tend to be diminutive. And I've never met a man who doesn't mind having an extra inch or two anywhere on his body.

Canadian Designer

Sandi Toksvig

I am always slightly mystified by the whole 'Snow White' story. What are the chances of coming across that many diminutive men living in one house in the woods?

British Writer

Hoda Kotb

When you're a big girl like me, you want someone who makes you feel diminutive. I think fat guys are sexy.

American Journalist

Garry Trudeau

Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?

American Cartoonist

Refers to something physically small and often implies cuteness or charm.

Physical Smallness

Does not emphasize an object's size but refers to it actually being small.

Not for Emphasis

Often used when comparing similar items where one is noticeably smaller.

Comparative Size

Used in grammar to show a smaller or cuter version of something, not physical size.

Linguistic Smallness

Indicates affection when used as a nickname, without actually shrinking anything.

Showing Affection

Can be neutral or technical in academic contexts, without implied emotion.

Not Always Endearing

Can imply both affection and belittlement, depending on context.

Double Meaning

Use with caution as it might unintentionally offend by making someone feel lesser.

Sensitive Contexts

Focuses on the emotional tone instead of actual size when used for nicknames.

Emotion Over Size

 Had Leonardo wanted to draw the Vitruvian NBA Player, he would have needed a rectangle and an ellipse, not a circle and a square. So in sports where large size is prized, the large athletes have gotten larger. Conversely, in sports where diminutive stature is an advantage, the small athletes got smaller. The average elite female gymnast

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 who's sort of trying to eat from some fresh flush it has just come on the second of spring yes is he's very upset you can see didn't feature in the map and so now he is offended deeply so once we have had a good look at these elephants we will probably introduce you to a new character very diminutive

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 Extroverts, when they interact, want to have lots of social encounter punctuated by closeness. They'd like to stand close for comfortable communication. They like to have a lot of eye contact, or mutual gaze. We found in some research that they use more diminutive terms when they meet somebody.

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 the prominence of certain portions of text was to set them off with large, ornate, and colorful capital letters, often surrounded by tiny, detailed paintings. The Italians began to refer to these elaborate and diminutive paintings

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 size matters in this world so even the nips of the largest dragonflies need look to survive the first few months of their lives when the diminutive saw is exposes them to predation by larger nymphs

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 they are the longest venomous snakes in the world king cobras though they may grow to be 18 feet in length these babies are a mere 15 inches long despite their diminutive size they

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 were stripped of this black gold for fertilizer boss talks diminutive size protected it from guano mining this is what people destroy his Island for ya really incredible

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 from the idea of limitation if we're able to let go of the idea of the body as the self if we're able to let go of any diminutive Conscription as a

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 her white face marks her out as the boss the diminutive male has to prove his worth so he works tirelessly

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 much larger than the diminutive female and he is ready to breed he attempts to mate with her and with

Diminutive

Smaller than usual or average.

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A word or suffix that indicates a small size or youth.

Often appears as...

Usage tips

Used to express affection or to belittle someone or something.

Often appears as...

Physical Smallness

Not for Emphasis

Comparative Size

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