Meanings
adjectivediminutival (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparablehuman sciencesDiminutive.
Origin
From Latin dīminutīvus + -al. By surface analysis, diminutive + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with diminutival
arrivalsurvivalrivalrevivalgingivalconjunctivaladjectivalarchrivalnivalperspectivalsubgingivalinfinitivalablativalaccusativalbuccogingivalcorneoconjunctivalcorrivaldativaldeprivalderivaldistogingivalestivalgenitivalgerundival
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
diminutival. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diminutival
MLA
“diminutival.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diminutival. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diminutival,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diminutival.
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