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minigolf en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Middle Scots golfbor. English golf English minigolf From mini- + golf.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Miniature golf.
   • Despite his fame, he's a humble, laid-back guy, more than willing to teach me a thing or two about minigolf. We're definitely in the right city for the lesson. With more than 50 courses in a 96-kilometre radius, some argue that the area, whose population is just over 200,000 year-round, is the minigolf capital of the world. 2009 January 17, Heather Greenwood Davis, “Minigolf's a major obsession in Myrtle Beach”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2009:
2. (countable) A course for playing miniature golf.
   • […] the hotels have overgrown granite minigolfs with little pink granite megaliths as obstacles […] 2022, The Rough Guide to Brittany & Normandy:
   • The commercial strips of the mid-twentieth century lined with minigolfs, kiddie parks, drive-in theaters, and shopping. 2009, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway Companion, page 10:

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