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ensmallen.

To make smaller.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪnˈsmɔːlən/UK/ɛnˈsmɔlən/US
  1. To make smaller.

    humorous · transitive
Where this word comes from

From 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.

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