diˈminutiveness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being diminutive.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II., Diminutiveness, littleness. 1750–1 Student II. 225 (T.) While he stood on tip-toes thrumming his bass-viol, the diminutiveness of his figure was totally eclipsed by the expansion of his instrument. 1830 Miss Mitford Village Ser. iv. (1863) 199 Next to names simple in themselves, those which fall easily into diminutiveness seem to me most desirable..Lizzy, Bessy, Sophy, Fanny—the prettiest of all! 1894 Daily News 15 Oct. 6/4 In keeping with the universal neatness and diminutiveness. |