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minikin definition

mini·kin (min′i kin)

noun

  1. Obsolete a darling
  2. Rare anything very small and delicate

Etymology: MDu minneken, dim. of minne, love: see minnesinger & -kin

adjective

  1. diminutive
  2. affected

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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