diminishment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality. countable,uncountable
    — They also shewed forth the letters which hee had sent to the Duke of Irelande, to leuie an armie vnto theyr destruction. Likewise the letters which the Frenche king had written to him conteyning a safe conducte for him to come into Fraunce, there to confyrme things to the diminishment of his honor, to the decay of his power, and losse of his fame.

词形变化

diminishments plural

词源

Etymology tree
English diminish
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English diminishment
From diminish + -ment.
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