minikin.
A young person, especially a young woman.
Meaning & usage
A young person, especially a young woman.
A small or insignificant person, thing or amount.
A little pin.
The size of type smaller than brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn.
Diminutive or miniature.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn.
The treble string of a lute.
Where this word comes from
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.
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