Diminutive

1. n. A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.
2. a. Below the average size; very small; little.
3. a. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
4. a. Tending to diminish.
5. n. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.