diminutive
ਮੁੰਨੀ
definition
noun
It is the role of giant ruffians like me to fall before doughty diminutives like him, and each of us must play our part in that ancient story.
a smaller or shorter thing, in particular.
adjective
a diminutive figure dressed in black
extremely or unusually small.
example
A 'diminutive' figure in black, she nodded and smiled gently at the crowd.
A 'diminutive' figure loiters at the back of the gallery.
The 'diminutive' star - who launched her latest world tour in Scotland last month is set to take over the presidential suite at the five-star establishment for seven days as she performs at nearby Earls Court stadium..
Reluctant to allow myself to be intimidated by a 'diminutive' Frenchman who makes slightly effete music, I want to do the same back, but have just spotted that his trousers are half-undone.
Maybe it's the 'diminutive' use of his name, but Jonny A seems like some kind of a greaser in a leather jacket.
Other ‘weight’ currencies are the peso (from Latin pensum ‘weight’) and its 'diminutive' , the peseta.
But while she is no softie and revels in a little rough-and-tumble now and again, her 'diminutive' figure belies the true extent of her football potential.
The earliest were over 20 cm in height, and the Italian 'diminutive' refers to the reduced measurement of 14 cm, introduced when the first public opera houses opened in Venice.
But then, in the happiest moment at Bighorn, he actually referred to himself in the 'diminutive' .
In any case, whatever the cause of the conflict, it is inevitable that the small dog, simply because of its 'diminutive' stature, takes the brunt of the conflict, be it an attack or a warning growl and pin to the ground.
All these years, he has kept the 'diminutive' name that his friends in the struggle gave him: Kecik, meaning small in the East Javanese dialect.
It is hardly surprising therefore that the Arabic word for ‘garden’ should be the 'diminutive' of the word for ‘Paradise’.
It is the 'diminutive' of the name given me by your great-great-grandmother.
Here, he seems to agree with him on the correct spelling of 'diminutive' forms.
The 'diminutive' mother sat protectively on a neighboring branch but did not interfere allowing the woman to produce one of the most charming sequences of wildlife photos I've ever seen.
‘Right to the end she was a little feisty woman,’ Judy says, admitting she was a tad frightened of the 'diminutive' figure.
The word curriculum is derived from the Latin word for ‘race course’; the 'diminutive' , currus, means chariot.
The rabbis rounded his name, added the 'diminutive' .
Apparently the name Merkin comes from a 'diminutive' form of Matilda.
His insistent sexual attentions and 'diminutive' pet names become less and less appropriate to the role she is now playing, and her self-image finally comes apart from the one her husband wants to impose on her.
Our culture strangely gives value to the large and is dismissive of the 'diminutive' .
But even these 'diminutive' numbers tend to belie the extremely small spaces into which a ferret can fit.
Its features include simplified grammar, exaggerated speech melody, 'diminutive' forms of words such as doggie, and a highly repetitive style.
She was oblivious to the gaunt 'diminutive' figure that stared back at her; just over five feet.
She was of 'diminutive' size and delicate health; she was pretty and clever and talented.
As they approached, the blast doors opened, revealing a 'diminutive' figure clothed in a heavy, light blue smock.
No wafer thin bangles, and modestly 'diminutive' chains here - the jewellery is unabashedly elaborate, studded with brilliant uncut rubies, diamonds and emeralds.
His collection of approximately one hundred and twenty-five antique, renaissance and eighteenth century decorative gems is a perfect example of his delight in the 'diminutive' .
The unpredictable and random threat of such a devastating machine is at polar extremes from its 'diminutive' replica, which offers an intimate view of a closed and isolated community of sailors.
Chinese elm has been a popular tree for small gardens because of its 'diminutive' proportions and pleasant rounded canopy, but again, seeding can be a problem.
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