motherkin en · NOUN
Etymology
From mother + -kin.
Meanings
- (dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
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(dated) Fond term of address for a woman older than the speaker
"Motherkin," I answered, "what I mean is that I would sleep until I wake, for I have come a prodigious distance and have last slept in the woods […]"
1902, Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| motherkins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |