milk name
noun
A name given to a Chinese child at one month old, later superseded by more formal names but occasionally used, especially as an endearment.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Francis Davis (1795–1890), colonial governor and Chinese scholar. After Chinese nǎimíng from nǎi breasts, milk; to breastfeed + míng name.
- unrestrictedly
- unrestrictedness
- unrestrictive
- unresty
- unretained
- unretaliated
- unretarded
- unretentive
- unretire
- unretired
- unretirement
- unretorted
- unretouched
- unretractable
- unretracted
- unretreating
- unretrievable
- unretrieved
- unretted
- unreturnable
- unreturned
- unreturning
- unrevealable
- unrevealed
- unrevealing