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min⋅i⋅kin

[min-i-kin]
–noun
1. a person or object that is delicate, dainty, or diminutive.
2. a printing type (about 3 1/2 point).
–adjective
3. delicate, dainty, or mincing.

Origin:
1535–45; < MD minneken friend, lover, equiv. to minne love + -ken -kin
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min·i·kin   (mĭn'ĭ-kĭn)   
n.   Archaic
A very small delicate creature.

[Obsolete Dutch minneken, darling, from Middle Dutch, diminutive of minne, love; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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