birdikinn.

Brit.

/ˈbəːdᵻkɪn/, U.S.

/ˈbərdəkən/

Forms:

α. 1800s– birdikin.

β. 1900s– birdkin.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bird n., -kin suffix.

Etymology: In α. forms < bird n. + -ikin, variant of -kin suffix. In β. forms < bird n. + -kin suffix. Compare earlier birdlet n., birdling n.

Now rare.

A little or young bird.figurative in quot. 1860.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > [noun] > small

chirper1599

birdling1611

dicky bird1744

birdie1768

birdlet1823

dicky1844

cockyolly bird1857

birdikin1860

1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower iii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 339 The hungry mother had returned with her prey to her wide-mouthed birdikins.

1868 D. W. Thompson Wayside Thoughts ix. 292 The sparrow, poor birdikin, is a proof that a name is a reality.

1919 Daily Mirror 11 Sept. 7/2 Monkey, darling, come and look at these wee birdikins!

1967 S. Beckett Stories & Texts for Nothing 99 The phantoms..want to create me, they want to make me, like the bird the birdikin, with larvae she fetches from afar.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	birdikin
释义	birdikinn. Brit. /ˈbəːdᵻkɪn/, U.S. /ˈbərdəkən/ Forms: α. 1800s– birdikin. β. 1900s– birdkin. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bird n., -kin suffix. Etymology: In α. forms < bird n. + -ikin, variant of -kin suffix. In β. forms < bird n. + -kin suffix. Compare earlier birdlet n., birdling n. Now rare. A little or young bird.figurative in quot. 1860. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > small chirper1599 birdling1611 dicky bird1744 birdie1768 birdlet1823 dicky1844 cockyolly bird1857 birdikin1860 1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower iii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 339 The hungry mother had returned with her prey to her wide-mouthed birdikins. 1868 D. W. Thompson Wayside Thoughts ix. 292 The sparrow, poor birdikin, is a proof that a name is a reality. 1919 Daily Mirror 11 Sept. 7/2 Monkey, darling, come and look at these wee birdikins! 1967 S. Beckett Stories & Texts for Nothing 99 The phantoms..want to create me, they want to make me, like the bird the birdikin, with larvae she fetches from afar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1860
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