Etymology

ensmallen

en·small·en
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Today it means: To make smaller. Full definition →

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From small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002. Logical antonym of "embiggen," a humorous neologism popularized by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation.

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