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sooterkin

noun

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch zoeterke(n) (“sweatheart”) (compare zoetje, zoetke (“sweetheart”)), equivalent to sweet + -kin or soot + -kin.

  1. inherited from *swéh₂dus✻ — “sweet”
  2. inherited from *swōtuz✻ — “sweet”
  3. inherited from *swōtī✻
  4. inherited from swēte
  5. inherited from soot
  6. suffixed as sooterkin — “sweet + -kin”

Definitions

  1. A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give…

    A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.

  2. An abortive scheme.

    • Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit.

  3. A Dutch person.

The neighborhood

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