ladkin en · NOUN
Etymology
From lad + -kin.
Meanings
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(archaic) A little lad.
Tharrhon that young ladkin hight, / He prayed this aged Sire for to reveal / What way this Dragons poyſonous deſpight, / And ſtrong Pantheothens inwalling might, / We may eſcape.
1640 (date written), H[enry] M[ore], “ΨΥΧΟΖΩΙΑ [Psychozōia], or A Christiano-platonicall Display of Life, […]”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the Soul, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel, printer to the Universitie, published 1642, →OCLC, book 3, stanza 31, page 44:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ladkins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |