diminutive

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The radiant point in the sky for this shower, where the meteors appear to emanate from, is in the diminutive constellation of Lyra, the Harp, near the bright star Vega.

From Washington Post

Instead, the vast majority revolve around red dwarfs, diminutive cousins of our own star that are by far the most common stellar denizens of the Milky Way.

From Scientific American

“Mashenka, your father is writing to you. Hold tight please,” the letter said, using a diminutive nickname for Maria.

From Washington Post

If the former president were to give Ramaswamy the Trump treatment — diminutive names and innuendos — Ramaswamy said he would brush it aside as “trash talk.”

From Washington Post

Maria, known by the diminutive Masha, was taken away and put into a children's home, despite a request from a detective that she be returned home.

From Reuters