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lambkin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlæmkɪn/

Etymology

From lamb + -kin.

Meanings

1. A young lamb, a very young sheep.
   • There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak. 1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 3:
   • A lambkin’s snowy fleece 1781, Richard Hole, Homer's Hymn to Ceres, Exeter: B. Thorn & Son, p. 38
2. A term of endearment.
   • She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all. 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, page 28:
   • Let vs condoll the knight: for lamkins vve vvill liue. 1599 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Cronicle History of Henry the Fift, […] (First Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Tho[mas] Millington, and Iohn Busby […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], signature B2, verso:

Forms

Translations (31)

it agnellino (young lamb) · be бара́нчык (young lamb) · ru ягнёнок (young lamb) · cs beránek (young lamb) · cs jehňátko (young lamb) · be ягнё (young lamb) · fo smálamb (young lamb) · la agnellus (young lamb) · es corderito (young lamb) · bg а́гне (young lamb) · mk јагне (young lamb) · fi karitsa (young lamb) · cy oenyn (young lamb) · cy oenig (young lamb) · nl lammetje (young lamb) · sk baránok (young lamb) · cy oenan (young lamb) · be ягня́ (young lamb) · ru бара́шек (young lamb) · sk jahňa (young lamb) · uk бара́нчик (young lamb) · hu bárányka (young lamb) · uk ягня́тко (young lamb) · de Lämmchen (young lamb) · pl baranek (young lamb) · uk ягня́ (young lamb) · es corderillo (young lamb) · ga uainín (young lamb) · bg а́гънце (young lamb) · pl jagniątko (young lamb) · fr agnelet (young lamb)