ensmallen

Small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002.

Logical antonym of "embiggen," a humorous neologism coined by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsmɔːlən/, (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈsmɔlən/
• Hyphenation: en‧small‧en

ensmallen (third-person singular simple present ensmallens, present participle ensmallening, simple past and past participle ensmallened)

1. (humorous) To make smaller, such as by reducing the resolution of an image file.

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ensmallen.

• (make smaller): debigulate

• (make bigger): embiggen

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