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单词 minikin
释义 min·i·kin
I. \ˈminə̇kə̇n, -nēk-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: obsolete Dutch minneken darling, from Middle Dutch minnekijn, from minne love, beloved + -kijn -kin; akin to Old High German minna love, Old Norse minni memory, Gothic gaminthi remembrance, Old English gemynd mind, memory — more at mind
1. obsolete
 a. : a thin gut treble string of a viol or lute
 b. : lute, viol
2. obsolete : darling 1a
3. archaic : a small creature : a diminutive or insignificant thing
 < prepared to harry some whitebait threading the tide but … the minikins escaped — Hugh McCrae >
II. adjective
1. archaic : dainty in manner or appearance; especially : affected 3
 < the pettiness, the minikin finical effect of this little man — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
2. : very small in size or form : diminutive, miniature, tiny
 < the minikin little dribble that I called a canal — S.H.Adams >
 < a minikin fraction of history >
3. obsolete : shrill — used of a voice
 < one blast of thy minikin mouth — Shakespeare >
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