minikin

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mini kin)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
min•i•kin  (mini kin),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or object that is delicate, dainty, or diminutive.
  2. a printing type (about 3½ point).

adj. 
  1. delicate, dainty, or mincing.
  • Middle Dutch minneken friend, lover, equivalent. to minne love + -ken -kin
  • 1535–45


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