diminutive minute

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• Minute — Mi*nute (m[imac]*n[=u]t or m[i^]*n[=u]t ), a. [L. minutus, p. p. of minuere to lessen. See {Minish}, {Minor}, and cf. {Menu}, {Minuet}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable; as, minute details. Minute …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• minute — [adj1] very small atomic, diminutive, exact, exiguous, fine, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, invisible, little, microbic, microscopic, miniature, minim, minimal, minuscule, molecular, peewee*, piddling, precise, puny, slender, teeny …   New thesaurus

• minute# — minute n *instant, moment, second, flash, jiffy, twinkling, split second minute adj 1 *small, little, diminutive, miniature, wee, tiny, teeny, weeny 2 *circumstantial, particular, particularized, detailed, itemized Analogous words: meticulous,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• diminutive — adj little, *small, wee, tiny, minute, miniature Contrasted words: *large, big, great: enormous, immense, *huge, vast, colossal, mammoth …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• diminutive — [adj] tiny, petite bantam, bitsy*, bitty*, button*, Lilliputian, little, midget, mini, miniature, minute, peewee*, pint sized, pocket, pocket sized, small, teensy*, teensyweensy*, teeny*, teeny weeny*, undersize, wee*, weeny*; concept 789 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

• minute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. minuscule, tiny; meticulous, precise, exact. See littleness, care. n. moment; summary, draft; (pl.) record, log. See time. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Extremely small] Syn. microscopic, diminutive,… …   English dictionary for students

• diminutive — di·min·u·tive || dɪ mɪnjÊŠtɪv adj. tiny, minute, small; indicating smallness (Grammar) n. diminutive word or suffix (Grammar); word indicating small size (such as booklet , etc.); shortened form of a name, name indicating fondness; very… …   English contemporary dictionary

• diminutive — adjective a diminutive breed of parrot Syn: tiny, small, little, petite, elfin, minute, miniature, mini, minuscule, compact, pocket, toy, midget, undersized, short; informal teeny, weeny, teeny weeny, teensy weensy …   Thesaurus of popular words

• diminutive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. small, little, tiny, wee. See littleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. small, tiny, mini*; see little 1 , minute 1 . See Synonym Study at small . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tiny, small, little …   English dictionary for students

• minute — I n 1. a short time, a little while, bit, Inf. jiffy, Inf. whipstitch; moment, second, Inf. sec, split second, instant; flash, twinkling, twinkle, breath, trice; eyewink, wink of an eye, Fr. coup d oeil. twinkling of an eye, Inf. bat of an eye,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• diminutive — Synonyms and related words: Lilliputian, affectionate name, baby, baby sized, bantam, banty, button, byname, chit, cognomen, cognominal, compact, duodecimo, elfin, epithetic, featherweight, fingerling, formal, handy, honorific, hypocoristic, in… …   Moby Thesaurus