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bootkin

bootkin is the alternative form of bootikin.

Meaning of bootikin

Noun

bootikin (plural bootikins)

  1. (obsolete) A small boot or gaiter.
  2. (obsolete) The boot (torture device).
  3. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
    • June 22, 1772, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway
      I tired myself with walking on Friday; the gout came on Saturday in my foot; yesterday I kept my bed till four o’ clock and my room all day—but with wrapping myself all over with bootikins, I have scarce had any pain.

Forms of bootkin

pluralbootkins

Origin of bootkin

From boot + -kin.

Questions about bootkin

What is bootkin the alternative form of?
Bootkin is the alternative form of bootikin.

Words near bootkin in the dictionary

  1. bootings
  2. bootjack
  3. bootjacked
  4. bootjacking
  5. bootjacks
  6. bootkin
  7. bootkins
  8. bootkit
  9. bootkits
  10. bootlace
  11. bootlace fungi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bootkin (page history and authors); bootikin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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