Translation
diminutive: a small or slight version
Examples
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They live in a little white house by the sea.
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She smiled and said nothing.
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We went up the hill after supper.
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Wait a moment, I will come at once.
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A mild warm wind blew from the south.
-- shrinks the root. gives , gives , gives a, and on a verb it softens the action, so gives , to smile rather than to laugh. The ending stays whatever the root had.
The point people miss is that -- is not just in shorter form. is a house that happens to be small; is a cottage, a thing of its own kind, and often carries warmth or affection with it. That is why o reads as mummy rather than as a short mother. Its mirror is --, which enlarges and intensifies, and survives as a free-standing adjective meaning tiny.
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