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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
minikin
 
SYLLABICATION:min·i·kin
PRONUNCIATION:  mn-kn
NOUN: Archaic A very small delicate creature.
ETYMOLOGY:Obsolete Dutch minneken, darling, from Middle Dutch, diminutive of minne, love. See men-1 in Appendix I.
 
 
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