minikin

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A young person, especially a young woman. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  2. The treble string of a lute. countable,uncountable
  3. A small or insignificant person, thing or amount. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  4. A little pin. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  5. The size of type smaller than brilliant, standardized as 3-point. UK,dated,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Diminutive or miniature. obsolete

词形变化

minikins plural more minikin comparative most minikin superlative minikins plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn.
词源 2
From Miniken, a 16th-century English form of the place name Munich, a German city where such strings were produced and from which they were imported. Miniken is derived from then-contemporary German Münichen.
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