diminutization

词形变化

diminutizations 复数 diminutizations

别名

diminutisation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act or process of diminutizing.

    1987, Carolyn James, Paul Hogan: A Biography, New York: St. Martin’s Press, Glossary, pp. 211-212, No real Aussie can be safely left with the monicker he or she was first endowed with. Barry is Bazza; Charles is Chilla; John is Johnno; Shirley is Shirl; Bruce is Brucie […] ; Douglas is Duggie; and so on. If by chance a first name isn’t readily amenable to such diminutization, then the surname gets the treatment. Thus, Paul Hogan is always called Hoges in Australia.