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ETTE |
Diminutive suffix |
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KIN |
A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin. |
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-LET |
A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet,
wavelet, armlet. |
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-ET |
A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket,
facet, floweret, latchet. |
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-LING |
A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory
force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling,
underling. |
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-IVE |
An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the
nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective,
diminutive. |
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-ISH |
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adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes
has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somew... |