diminutive
dih-MIN-yuh-tivadjMeaning very small, especially in height
Memory hook DIMINISH-utive: small and slight. Nana Lou, barely five feet tall, coaches a team of giants, and they all listen when she blows her whistle. She is diminutive but mighty.
The diminutive coach barely reached her players’ shoulders, but they hung on her every word.
In context Though diminutive in size, the old pony was the boss of the barn; even the giant draft horses stepped aside for him.
Similar tiny, teeny, wee, petite
Opposite huge, gigantic, colossal
From Latin diminutus, “made smaller,” from deminuere (to lessen), the same source as diminish.