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goddikin

goddikin is the obsolete form of godkin.

Meaning of godkin

Noun

godkin (plural godkins)

  1. (rare) A little god; a minor or inferior deity; godling.
    • […] whereas Indra, impotent as he is, hymnless as he is, — save in the oldest portions of the work, — still leads the gods, now godkins, of the ancient pantheon, […]1895, Edward Washburn Hopkins, The Religions of India, volume 25, page 377

Forms of goddikin

pluralgoddikins

Origin of goddikin

From god + -ikin, perhaps also from Dutch godeken (“godkin”).

Questions about goddikin

What is goddikin the obsolete form of?
Goddikin is the obsolete form of godkin.

Words near goddikin in the dictionary

  1. goddex
  2. goddexes
  3. goddexx
  4. goddexxes
  5. goddidit
  6. goddikin
  7. goddikins
  8. godding
  9. goddish
  10. goddist
  11. goddists

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