Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quilkin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quilkin
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A frog or toad.

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And make me eat quilkins and pagetepooes, / And woorship the Devel, and wear 'oaden shoes!"

Etymology

Borrowed from Cornish kwilkyn (“frog”).

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

quilkins (plural)

Questions

What does quilkin mean?: A frog or toad.
Where does quilkin come from?: Borrowed from Cornish kwilkyn (“frog”).

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