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From: rturkel@cas.org (Rick Turkel)
Subject: Re: Opposite of Diminutive
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In article <gek655.106.000A2AA0@cscgpo.anu.edu.au>,
Graham Kelly <gek655@cscgpo.anu.edu.au> wrote:
>In article <D0y4I8.1uv@actrix.gen.nz> "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz> writes:
>>From: "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz>
>>Subject: Re: Opposite of Diminutive
>>Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 08:20:31 GMT
>
>>millert@grad.csee.usf.edu (Timothy Miller) wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone have an antonym for Diminutive?  For some reason, such a word
>>> has not been easy for me to find.
>>>
>
>>I would also like to know the correct technical term for the antonym
>>for Diminutive.
>>Occasionally, when I try to describe the grammatical features
>>of 'opposite of diminutive' in some languages to my friends I
>>get into all sorts of verbal gymnastics.
>
>>Paul JK
>
>Superlative is the term.
>
>Graham Kelly
>

This question seems to come up every 4-6 weeks.  The correct answer, as
has been posted many times, is "augmentative," not "superlative."
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