littleness
Roget-categorie 193
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Littleness
zelfstandig naamwoord
littleness
etc.
adj. —
smallness
etc.
(of quantity)
32 —
exiguity,
inextension† —
parvitude†,
parvity† —
duodecimo† —
Elzevir edition,
epitome,
microcosm —
rudiment —
vanishing point —
thinness
etc.
203.
dwarf,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
Liliputian,
chit,
pigwidgeon†,
urchin,
elf —
atomy†,
dandiprat† —
doll,
puppet —
Tom Thumb,
Hop-o'-my-thumb† —
manikin,
mannikin —
homunculus,
dapperling†,
cock-sparrow.
animalcule,
monad,
mite,
insect,
emmet†,
fly,
midge,
gnat,
shrimp,
minnow,
worm,
maggot,
entozoon† —
bacteria —
infusoria† —
microzoa [Micro.] —
phytozoaria† —
microbe —
grub —
tit,
tomtit,
runt,
mouse,
small fry —
millet seed,
mustard seed —
barleycorn —
pebble,
grain of sand —
molehill,
button,
bubble.
point —
atom
etc.
(small quantity)
32 —
fragment
etc.
(small part)
51 —
powder
etc.
330 —
point of a pin,
mathematical point —
minutiae
etc.
(unimportance)
643.
micrometer —
vernier —
scale.
microphotography,
photomicrography,
micrography† —
photomicrograph,
microphotograph —
microscopy —
microscope
(optical instruments)
445.
werkwoord
be little
etc.
adj. —
lie in a nutshell —
become small
etc.
(decrease)
36,
(contract)
195.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
little —
small
etc.
(in quantity)
32 —
minute,
diminutive,
microscopic —
microzoal —
inconsiderable
etc.
(unimportant)
643 —
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee,
petty,
minikin†,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
elfin —
undersized —
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish —
spare,
stunted,
limited —
cramp,
cramped —
pollard,
Liliputian,
dapper,
pocket —
portative†,
portable —
duodecimo† —
dumpy,
squat —
short
etc.
201.
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inappreciable,
insignificant,
inconsiderable,
trivial —
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic† —
atomic,
subatomic,
corpuscular,
molecular —
rudimentary,
rudimental —
embryonic,
vestigial.
weazen†,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby —
thin
etc.
(narrow)
203 —
granular
etc.
(powdery)
330 —
shrunk
etc.
195 —
brevipennate†.
bijwoord
in a small compass,
in a nutshell —
on a small scale —
minutely,
microscopically.
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