1857 Mayne Expos. Lex. ,Parvifolius, having small leaves,..*parvifolious.
1893 in Syd.Soc. Lex.
1675 R. Burthogge Causa Dei 44When we consider in it that Contempt, Scorn, and *Parvipension of God, which does compose it.
1678 Phillips ( ed. 4) List Barbarous Words,Parvipension, a setting litely by, an esteeming at a small rate.
1862 F. Hall HinduPhilos. Syst. (1897) 152The ignorance of a single soul..keeps it *parviscient, *parvipotent.
1857 Mayne Expos. Lex. ,Parvirostris, having a slender beak,..*parvirostrate.
1884 T. J. Scott in J. M. Reid DoomedRelig. 160Brahma alone..is neither parviscient nor omniscient.
parvi-
word-forming element used in science and meaning "small, little," from comb. form of Latin parvus "small," from metathesized form of PIE *pau-ro-, from base *pau- "few, little" (see few).
parvi-
combining form
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