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   Be·lit·tle

   /bəˈlid(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (someone or something) seem unimportant: "this is not to belittle his role"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from be- + little; a coinage of Thomas Jefferson originally meaning ‘diminish in size, make small’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. belittlement noun
   • 2. belittler noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • T

     1

   • L

     1

   • E

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