Hyphenation of diminutive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word diminutive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

diminu-tive

Definitions of diminutive:

1.	A word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
2.	Very small Diminutive in stature A lilliputian chest of drawers Her petite figure Tiny feet The flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

Synonyms of diminutive:

adj	bantam, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck, small
noun	word

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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