Littleness
Smallness of size.
| Groups |
|
Primary Base | * |
Descendants
| abak* | Chaff | Essive of littleness and unimportance. |
| dwerv* | Dwarfism | Abnormal or unusual littleness. |
| musk* | Mite | Little insect. |
| * | Particle | Indefinite essive of littleness. |
| fum* | Smoke | Volume of air and/or gasses populated with particles or chaff. |
Notes
Little Lifeforms
molecule, microbe, germ, microörganism, bacterium (pl. bacteria), microphyte, microzyme, amœba, microzoa, entozoön (pl. entozoa), phytozoaria, infusoria.
Littleness comparisons
millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand; molehill, button, bubble.
Littleness synonyms
Smallness &c. (of quantity) [See Smallness]; exiguity, inextension; parvitude [rare], parvity [obs.]; duodecimo; Elzevir edition, epitome; microcosm; rudiment; vanishing point; thinness [See Narrowness, Thinness].
MICROGRAPHY; micrometer, microscope, interferometer, vernier; scale.
Size Correlation
| Negative | Positive | |
|---|---|---|
| Base | xx* Littleness (abe) | xx* Bigness (ess) |
| Change | wan* Contraction (decr) | pand* Expansion (incr) |
