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kind.

race, kind, kin

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈcʰɪnt]
  1. race, kind, kin

    feminine · obsolete
  2. a sheep (especially a ewe)

    feminine
  3. used as a term of disparagement for a girl (or woman)

    dated · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse kind, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, cognate with Latin gēns (“clan, tribe”). The sense of “sheep” is derived from the compound sauðkind, literally “sheep-kind”.

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