WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
min•i•kin
(min′i kin),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- a person or object that is delicate, dainty, or diminutive.
- a printing type (about 3½ point).
adj.
- delicate, dainty, or mincing.
- Middle Dutch minneken friend, lover, equivalent. to minne love + -ken -kin
- 1535–45