mimmerkin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mim-merkin
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Meaning

noun

A deformed or freakish person; a dwarf or dwarfish creature.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"'So it's your problem, no mine, if the wee mimmerkin's run,' he added, wiping his hand on his jerkin. 'Get a move on, man, Iw ant to get a hold of Bernard Stewart before he takes refuge the wrong side of that wall.'"
"'A mimmerkin. A dwarf.' 'I am not a dwarf.' Maude Benet had been stern. Sometimes even sharp. But she had not called folk names. Elspet had telt him, as Maude would have done. And he had laughed at her."

Etymology

From mimmer + -kin. Cognate with Scots mimmerkin, memmerkin (“a dwarf, dwarfish creature”). Compare also mimmering (“doting, dreaming”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mimmer

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

mimmerkins (plural) mymmerkin (alternative, Scotland) memmerkin (alternative, Scotland) mymerken (alternative, Scotland) mymmerkyn (alternative, Scotland) memmerkyn (alternative, Scotland)

Synonyms

dobby dotel