acutulus

Usage notes
The difference in meaning between the diminutive and the base adjective is disputed: Lewis and Short defines it as "somewhat pointed, acute, or subtile", i.e. as " to a small extent" or "possessing a small amount of the quality described by the word ", but Petersen argues that this reading of the word as a "diminutive of quality" is incorrect, and that the diminutive instead either expresses the smallness of the modified noun, or has a "deteriorative" sense (serving to express a negative shade of emotion such as contempt) relative to the original adjective