Počasíčko ( a diminutive of the Czech word for weather ) is the name of a late-night weather report that ran on TV Nova in the Czech Republic.

It gained minor notoriety for attracting massive audiences to its late-night nude weather reports (" Počasíčko "), in which an attractive woman ( later a man as well ) would appear, naked, to present the weather.

Sternberg, a very apt helmsman, owned a diminutive 12 Ft dinghy ( Zef class, excellent for day cruising but slow and utterly unfit for racing ) and often undertook arduous coastal treks, even in comparatively bad weather.

Hevelius chose the name Asterion ( from the Greek ' αστέριον, meaning the " little star ", the diminutive of ' αστηρ the " star ", or adjective meaning " starry ") for the northern dog and Chara ( from the Greek χαρά, meaning " joy ") for the southern dog, as Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs, in his star atlas.

Thus, the name carries both an augmentative "- one " (" big ") and a diminutive "- cello " (" little ").

( diminutive of-keras, " horn ")

Mozzarella — which is derived from the Neapolitan dialect spoken in Campania — is the diminutive form of ('" cut "), or (" to cut off ") derived from the method of working.

Another theory is that the name Mojito is simply a derivative of mojadito ( Spanish for " a little wet ") or simply the diminutive of mojado (" wet ").

* mārēs " males " (< mās ) > māsculī, a Classical synonym ; diminutive of mās ( French mâle, Italian maschio, Portuguese / Spanish macho, Catalan mascle " male ", Romanian mascur " barrow ( castrated boar )" and mare " big ")

" claws "; diminutive of unguēs ( French ongle, Romansh ungla, Italian unghia, Occitan ongla, Catalan ungla, Spanish uña, Portuguese unha, Romanian unghie " fingernail ")

" About " is abbreviated " c " ( for " circa ") and " little Desmond " indicates that the diminutive of Desmond — namely, DES — is required.

Unlike his paternal first cousin's son, the 1. 98 m ( 6 foot 6 ") tall Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, Victor Emanuel was short of stature even by 19th-century standards, to the point that today he would appear diminutive.

The word bichon comes from Middle French bichon (" small long-haired dog "), a diminutive of Old French biche (" bitch, female dog "), from Old English bicce (" bitch, female dog "), related to Old Norse bikkja (" female dog ") and German Betze (" female dog ").

An obelisk ( from Greek ὀβελίσκος-obeliskos, diminutive of ὀβελός-obelos, " spit, nail, pointed pillar ") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray of the sun-disk.

Pollard is noted for his short stature, which had him playing child roles well into his twenties ( including on Star Trek, where he played one of the inhabitants of the planet of children in the episode " Miri ") and resulted in a recurring role as the diminutive trans-dimensional imp Mister Mxyzptlk in two episodes of the Superboy television series.

Falsetto ( Italian diminutive of falso, " false ") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.

He was educated at Staples Road School, Loughton, and then boarded at Brentwood School, at that time a direct grant grammar school with largely LEA supported pupils, ( where he was already expressing political ambitions and took the name " Jack ", allegedly after the 14th century peasant leader Jack Straw — although " Jack " is a common diminutive of " John ") and read law at the University of Leeds.

An aureola or aureole ( diminutive of Latin aurea, " golden ") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure.

Tynesiders may have been given this name, a local diminutive of the name " George ", because their miners used George Stephenson's safety lamp ( called a " Georgie lamp ") to prevent firedamp explosions, rather than the Davy lamp used elsewhere.

In the Puranas, the region has been referred to as Arbudaranya (" forest of Arbhuda ") and ' Abu ' is a diminutive of this ancient name.

Rondel ( from Old French, the diminutive of roont " round ", meaning " small circle ") may refer to:

* sch:, also when used in the diminutive of a word ending on " s ", ( e. g. Mäuschen " little mouse ")

A barretina (, ; plural: barretines, diminutive of barret " cap ") is a traditional hat that was frequently worn by men in parts of the Christian cultures of the Mediterranean sea such as Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, Provence, Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, part of Naples, part of the Balkans and parts of Portugal.

Sometimes a diminutive lengthens the original word: e. g., " hottie " to denote a sexually appealing ( or " hot ") young man or woman.

A few words also exist solely in a diminutive form, e. g. zeepaardje (" seahorse ") and sneeuwklokje (" Snowdrop ").

The old-fashioned word shoneen ( from Irish: seoinín, diminutive of Seán, literally " Little John ") was applied to someone who affected the habits of the Protestant Ascendancy.

Gould was personally parodied in the series as cartoonist " Lester Gooch "— the diminutive, much-harassed and occasionally deranged " creator " of Fosdick.

Dollfuss was a very short man and his diminutive stature ( 155 cm = 5 ' 2 " or 150 cm = 4 ' 11 " according to the New York Times ) was the object of satire ; among his nicknames were ' Millimetternich ' ( making a portmanteau out of millimeter and Metternich ), and the " Jockey ".

In contrast to his own diminutive stature, his personal assistant and secretary Eduard Hedvicek, who later played a significant role in the unsuccessful attempt to save his life was a very large and tall man ( 200 cm

* The expression of the " Gnomes of Zürich ", Swiss bankers pictured as diminutive creatures hoarding gold in subterranean vaults, was coined in 1956 by Harold Wilson and gained currency in the 1960s ( OED notes the New Statesman issue of 27 November 1964 as earliest attestation ).

The heavy BM-31 launcher was also referred to as Andryusha ( Андрюша, an endearing diminutive of “ Andrew ”).

Due to their diminutive size and the introduction of new predators, some colonies have been reduced in size by as much as 98 % in just a few years, such as the small colony on Middle Island, near Warrnambool, Victoria, which was reduced from 5000 penguins to 100.

Credited as the first to use a diminutive of organ ( i. e., little organ ) for cellular structures was German zoologist Karl August Möbius ( 1884 ), who used the term organula ( plural of organulum, the diminutive of Latin organum ).

The name refers only to the orbital resonance and does not imply common physical characteristics ; it was invented to describe those bodies smaller than Pluto ( hence the diminutive ) following similar orbits.

A difficulty with any such historical search is that " Robert " was in medieval England a very common given name, and " Robin " ( or Robyn ), especially in the 13th century, was its very common diminutive.

His German codename was Fritz Graumann or, later, after endearing himself to his German cronies, its diminutive form of Fritzchen.

Reportedly, he was a zealous and goal-setting student, upset by the slow pace of promotions, and compensating for his diminutive stature through toughness.

Based on the Dodge Dart platform and using its proven six-cylinder or V8 engines, the A-series was a strong competitor for both its domestic rivals ( from Ford and Chevrolet / GMC ) and the diminutive Volkswagen Transporter line.

He was notably short: and was born with club feet that required extensive hospital treatment and which, coupled with his diminutive stature, made him the butt of jokes from other children.

Han ( a diminutive version of Henri or Henricus ) van Meegeren was born in 1889 as the third of five children of middle-class Roman Catholic parents in the provincial city of Deventer.

Another proposal has it that Sequana is the Latin version of the Gaulish Issicauna Lower-Icauna, which would be the diminutive of Icauna, which was the Gaulish name of the Yonne River.

Most sources believe nappy is a diminutive form of the word napkin, which was itself originally a diminutuve.

A much safer nickname to use around him was " Don Peppino ," a diminutive of his original Italian name.

Komarov was well liked by his peers and was referred to by them as Volodya ( a diminutive of his first name ).

Since such " witnesses " always came in pairs, the meaning was accordingly extended, often in the diminutive ( testiculus, testiculi ).