Explain yourself, young man. Earlier you said:
In reply to:


its connotation is surely mostly just like the suffix ~ette, leading to a sense of diminutive.(ea)

Now you say

In reply to:

I agree on the primary sense. But FS was correct in drawing attention to the other meaning - it exists, it's out there.(ea)


and go on to reference a dictionary which lists the meaning I offered as the first of two.

What size flipflops do you wear?