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- a diminution in our captain's brain3.13 — Act 3 Scene 13 — Alexandria. A Room in the Palace (98% in)
diminution = decrease in size or importance
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
- Let him take thee And hoist thee up to the shouting plebeians: Follow his chariot, like the greatest spot Of all thy sex; most monster-like, be shown For poor'st diminutives, for doits; and let Patient Octavia plough thy visage up With her prepared nails.4.12 — Act 4 Scene 12 — Another part of the Ground (76% in)
There are no more uses of "diminutive" in Antony and Cleopatra.
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