| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A little darling; a favorite; a minion.[Websters]
2. A little pin.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Small; diminutive.[Websters]
2. Being tiny, wee, diminutive or teeny. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being puny or undersized. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being petty, small, little, narrow or potty. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being mincing, mannered or niminy-piminy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb minikinly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (minikinly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective minikin.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MINIKIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MINIKIN
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Adjective] Small; diminutive; used in slight contempt.. | 2: [Noun] A small sort of pins.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Slang in 1811 | MINIKIN. A little man or woman: also the smallest sort of pin. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (obsolete) diminutive or miniature. (references) | 2: [Noun] (obsolete) A small or insignificant person, thing or amount. (references) | 3: [Noun] (obsolete) A young person, especially a young woman. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
