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minikin en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Diminutive or miniature.

Forms

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most minikin Degree=Sup lexicographic
more minikin Degree=Cmp lexicographic

minikin en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn.

Meanings

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A young person, especially a young woman.
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A small or insignificant person, thing or amount.
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A little pin.
  4. (UK, dated, uncountable) The size of type smaller than brilliant, standardized as 3-point.

Forms

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minikins Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

excelsior (type size)

minikin en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Miniken, a 16th-century English form of the place name Munich, a German city where such strings were produced and from which they were imported. Miniken is derived from then-contemporary German Münichen.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The treble string of a lute.

Forms

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Deriveds

minikin gut