Contextualizebeta

lambkin

noun
/ˈlæmkɪn/

Etymology

From lamb + -kin.

  1. inherited from *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos✻
  2. inherited from *lambaz✻
  3. inherited from *lamb✻
  4. inherited from lamb
  5. inherited from lamb
  6. suffixed as lambkin — “lamb + kin”

Definitions

  1. A young lamb, a very young sheep.

    • A lambkin’s snowy fleece
    • There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak.

  2. A term of endearment.

    • Let vs condoll the knight: for lamkins vve vvill liue.
    • She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lambkin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA