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ladkin

ladkin noun: a little lad.

Noun

ladkin (plural ladkins)

  1. (archaic) A little lad.
    • Tharrhon that young ladkin hight, / He prayed this aged Sire for to reveal / What way this Dragons poyſonous deſpight, / And ſtrong Pantheothens inwalling might, / We may eſcape.1640 (date written), H[enry] M[ore], “ΨΥΧΟΖΩΙΑ [Psychozōia], or A Christiano-platonicall Display of Life, […]”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the Soul, […], Cambridge...

Forms of ladkin

pluralladkins

Origin of ladkin

From lad + -kin.

Questions about ladkin

What does ladkin mean?
Ladkin means a little lad.
What part of speech is ladkin?
Ladkin is a noun.
What is the plural of ladkin?
The plural of ladkin is ladkins.

Words near ladkin in the dictionary

  1. Ladinian
  2. ladino
  3. ladinos
  4. Ladins
  5. Ladislaus
  6. ladkin
  7. ladkins
  8. ladle
  9. ladle board
  10. ladle boards
  11. ladle furnace

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