diminutive: Meaning and Definition of

di•min•u•tive

1. small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
2. pertaining to or productive of a form denoting smallness, familiarity, affection, or triviality, as the suffix -let, in droplet from drop.

1. a small thing or person.
2. a diminutive element or formation.
3. a charge, as an ordinary, smaller in length or breadth than the usual.