ensmallen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002.
Logical antonym of "embiggen," a humorous neologism popularized by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ensmallen (third-person singular simple present ensmallens, present participle ensmallening, simple past and past participle ensmallened)
- (humorous, transitive) To make smaller.
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ensmallen.
Synonyms[edit]
- (make smaller): debigulate
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “make bigger”): embiggen
Translations[edit]
Make smaller
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