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      little
      noun
      (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
      (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
      An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
      (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
      (countable, BDSM, ABDL) The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.
      (countable) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
      A characteristical surname.
      An unincorporated community in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States, named after the local Little family.
      An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
      Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”). [(UK, university slang, dated) The preliminary examination for a degree.]
      adjective
      Small in size.
      Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
      Insignificant, trivial.
      (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
      Very young, of childhood age.
      (of a sibling) Younger.
      (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
      (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
      Having few members.
      (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
      Short in duration; brief.
      Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
      adverb
      Not much.
      Not at all.
      Synonyms for little
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      Words related to little
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