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minikin

noun, adj — 6 senses

minikin

noun

Etymology From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn.

1

Obsolete A young person, especially a young woman.

2

Obsolete A small or insignificant person, thing or amount.

3

Obsolete A little pin.

4

Media, Printing, Publishing UK, Dated The size of type smaller than brilliant, standardized as 3-point.

Synonyms
excelsior

minikin

adj

Etymology From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn.

1

Obsolete Diminutive or miniature.

minikin

noun

Etymology 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.

1

The treble string of a lute.

Derived terms
minikin gut

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.