Both Uses of
diminutive
in
The Hidden Oracle
- As soon as he spread it on the table, a flickering hologram appeared above the surface: Leo Valdez, looking impish as usual with his dark wispy hair, his mischievous grin, and his diminutive stature.†
p. 114.7 *diminutive = very small
- She compensated for her diminutive stature with the fashion sense of a K-Pop idol.†
p. 213.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(diminutive) very small
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, diminutive can reference a noun modified by as suffix (such as -let, -ette) to indicate smallness such as booklet, piglet, towelette, or cigarette.