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From: "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz>
Subject: Re: Opposite of Diminutive
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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 08:20:31 GMT
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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

