diminutive

nouns

a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness

diminutive

is a type of (narrower)

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

"words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"

very small

"diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny

is derived from