diminutize

Verb

 * 1) To put (a word, name) in a diminutive form.
 * 2) * 2007, Bruce Donaldson, German: An Essential Grammar, London: Routledge, Section 6.3, p. 41,
 * All diminutized nouns, whatever their original gender, become neuter once they take either of [the] endings [-chen or -lein].
 * 1) To make (someone or something) appear smaller (often in a figurative sense).
 * 2) * 1986,, All This and Many a Dog, London: Northway, revised edition, 2007, Part Two, Chapter 2, p. 140,
 * The lady owner came out of the store, snatched the ticket from the windscreen, flung it to the ground and screamed: ‘You silly little man!’ at the warden, who was completing his entry of the offence in his book. He was of average height, but the rich invariably diminutize those who upset them.
 * 1) * 2016,, quoted in Diana Wichtel, “The July Plot,” , 23 January, 2016, p. 34,
 * I think the quirky thing is often not used in a positive way. It is, as we know, a belittling kind of word. A man might be called ground-breaking or genius or something. Quirky is a diminutising way to say that.
 * The lady owner came out of the store, snatched the ticket from the windscreen, flung it to the ground and screamed: ‘You silly little man!’ at the warden, who was completing his entry of the offence in his book. He was of average height, but the rich invariably diminutize those who upset them.
 * 1) * 2016,, quoted in Diana Wichtel, “The July Plot,” , 23 January, 2016, p. 34,
 * I think the quirky thing is often not used in a positive way. It is, as we know, a belittling kind of word. A man might be called ground-breaking or genius or something. Quirky is a diminutising way to say that.
 * 1) * 2016,, quoted in Diana Wichtel, “The July Plot,” , 23 January, 2016, p. 34,
 * I think the quirky thing is often not used in a positive way. It is, as we know, a belittling kind of word. A man might be called ground-breaking or genius or something. Quirky is a diminutising way to say that.