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Augmentatives and diminutives are words that indicate an increase or decrease in the size as well as force, quality or intensity of the words they modify.
General Augmentatives/Diminutives
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Root
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Meaning
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bariz
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top, superaugmentative -- a point at the figurative top of an abstract scale
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+
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cab
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augmentative -- a point between the figurative top of an abstract scale and the midpoint
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0
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med
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middle, center, average -- a point equidistant from the ends of a line, the extremities of a figure or at the figurative center or average of an abstract scale
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lag
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diminutive -- a point between the figurative bottom of an abstract scale and the midpoint
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dimin
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bottom, ultradiminutive -- a point at the figurative bottom of an abstract scale
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Size Augmentative/Diminutive
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Root
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Meaning
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+
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bolh
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large object -- an object larger in physical size than typical for its type
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-
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pecen
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small object -- an object smaller in physical size than typical for its type
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Semantics
The size augmentative and diminutive should be used only when changes in size are intended, without corresponding changes in value, quality, force or intensity.
cub - cup
bolhcub - mug (large cup)
flagon -- (a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine))
mug -- (with handle and usually cylindrical)
Sense 3
cup -- (a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing")
=> beaker -- (a cup (usually without a handle))
=> chalice, goblet -- (a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup)
=> grail, Holy Grail, Sangraal -- ((legend) chalice used by Christ at the last supper)
=> coffee cup -- (a cup from which coffee is drunk)
=> demitasse -- (small coffee cup; for serving black coffee)
=> Dixie cup, paper cup, drinking cup -- (a paper cup for holding drinks)
=> grace cup -- (cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal)
=> kylix, cylix -- (a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece)
=> measuring cup -- (graduated cup used for measuring ingredients)
=> mustache cup, moustache cup -- (a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink)
=> scyphus -- (an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base)
=> teacup -- (a cup from which tea is drunk)
New Roots
bariz [From Russian /bariz/ and Hindi /bar/, "great", "grand".] highest augmentative -- a point at the figurative top of an abstract scale
bolh [From Russian /bolshoi/, "large".]
cab [From Arabic /kabir/, "big".]
dimin [From Latin 'diminutivus', "extremely small in size".]
lag [from Hindu /lagu/, "small"
pecen -- [From Spanish /peken/, "small".]
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