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51Bendayán, Amador — diminutive Venezuelan comic actor, brought to Mexico in the 1960s to appear in comedies including Si yo fuera millonario ( 62, with María Félix) in order to broaden their appeal in his home country. He had been in the occasional Venezuelan… …
52Shrimp — diminutive or insignificant person …
53Chevy — Diminutive form of Chevrolet …
54Liechtenstein — Diminutive Alpine principality; capital Vaduz …
55Taffy — diminutive of David the tutelar saint of Wales; nickname for a Welshman …
56ami — Diminutive for the Latin amicus. A friend. See prochein ami …
57diminutively — diminutive ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely or unusually small. 2) (of a word, name, or suffix) implying smallness (e.g. let in booklet). ► NOUN ▪ a shortened form of a name, typically used informally. DERIVATIVES diminutively adverb diminutiveness noun …
58diminutiveness — diminutive ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely or unusually small. 2) (of a word, name, or suffix) implying smallness (e.g. let in booklet). ► NOUN ▪ a shortened form of a name, typically used informally. DERIVATIVES diminutively adverb diminutiveness noun …
59hub — Diminutive forms of husband, in use since at least the seventeenth century, The Oxford English Dictionary records E.Ravenscroft, London Cuckolds (1688): ‘Oh my hubby, dear, dear, dear hubby.’ The present author’s aunt addressed her husband as… …
60hubby — Diminutive forms of husband, in use since at least the seventeenth century, The Oxford English Dictionary records E.Ravenscroft, London Cuckolds (1688): ‘Oh my hubby, dear, dear, dear hubby.’ The present author’s aunt addressed her husband as… …