hypocoristic in English
adjective
1
denoting, or of the nature of, a pet name or diminutive form of a name.
The hypocoristic types differ both in their affective/emotive connotations and in who uses them.
noun
1
a hypocoristic name or form.
This list tends to exclude these more obvious hypocoristics and focus on other kinds.
Use "hypocoristic" in a sentence
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1. [Middle English Asse, from Old English Assa, perhaps a hypocoristic for Old English dialectal
2. The very word Babushka is a diminutive-hypocoristic form of the word baba – an ancient Russian word denoting a married woman.