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Definition of Hypocoristic
1. a. Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name.
Definition of Hypocoristic
1. Adjective. Pertaining to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy with the person. ¹
2. Noun. A nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through a shortening of the original name. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypocoristic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypocoristic
Literary usage of Hypocoristic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Graeco-Persian Names by Alvin Harrison Morton Stonecipher (1918)
"hypocoristic SUFFIXES SUFFIXES used in forming hypocoristic names, together with
the names in which they appear. a. ..."
2. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1917)
"The suffix of a deteriorative adjective, just as that of the hypocoristic
adjectives (sec. 28), can express an emotion felt toward , the modified ..."
3. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1914)
"Like most diminutive suffixes -w/.o- shows various hypocoristic shades of ...
This secondary derivation of hypocoristic notions from small size is not only ..."
4. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania by Hilprecht. H. V. (1905)
"In addition to these shortened names we find even at this early period several
groups of hypocoristic forms. An important paper on Semitische Kosenamen has ..."
5. Transactions by Cambridge Philological Society (1904)
"Now I consider it a partial explanation of these facts, if we assume that in some
cases the d-suffix had in Indo- European a ' hypocoristic' sense, ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Simple names appear to have been more frequent in early times, but some are in
reality hypocoristic, ie, abbreviated forms of compound names, ..."
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