hypocorism in Portuguese

hypocorism in Portuguese

What does "hypocorism" mean?

1. noun An affectionate name for someone, often in diminutive form; a pet name.
   "The addition of diminutive or familiar prefixes and suffixes to the name of a saint to produce a 'pet name' or hypocorism, is common in the Celtic areas and would at times seem to produce extra saints from doublets of existing names."
2. noun The process of making up affectionate nicknames or pet names.
   "St Peter's cult, which dates from the earliest period in Brittany, is represented in the toponymy only in the radical form of his name, without hypocorism or mutation."
3. noun Simple words used with small children, such as "woof-woof" for a dog.

hypocorism in a sentence

• The addition of diminutive or familiar prefixes and suffixes to the name of a saint to produce a 'pet name' or hypocorism, is common in the Celtic areas and would at times seem to produce extra saints from doublets of existing names.
• St Peter's cult, which dates from the earliest period in Brittany, is represented in the toponymy only in the radical form of his name, without hypocorism or mutation.
• An acronym that never seems to have had capital letters comes from "young urban professional", plus the -ie suffix, as in hypocorism, to produce the word yuppie (first recorded in 1984).

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