mimmerkin
mimmerkin noun: a deformed or freakish person; a dwarf or dwarfish creature.
Noun
mimmerkin (plural mimmerkins)
- A deformed or freakish person; a dwarf or dwarfish creature.
- 'So it's your problem, no mine, if the wee mimmerkin's run,' he added, wiping his hand on his jerkin. 'Get a move on, man, Iw ant to get a hold of Bernard Stewart before he takes refuge the wrong side of that wall.'2014 February 14, Pat McIntosh, The Gil Cunningham Omnibus: The Harper's Quine, The Nicholas Feast, The Merchants's Mark, St. Mungo's Robin, C & R Crime, →ISBN
- 'A mimmerkin. A dwarf.' 'I am not a dwarf.' Maude Benet had been stern. Sometimes even sharp. But she had not called folk names. Elspet had telt him, as Maude would have done. And he had laughed at her.2016 November 3, Shirley McKay, 1588: A Calendar of Crime: A Novel in Five Books, Casemate Publishers, →ISBN
Synonyms of mimmerkin
Forms of mimmerkin
| plural | mimmerkins |
|---|---|
| alternative Scotland | mymmerkin |
| alternative Scotland | memmerkin |
| alternative Scotland | mymerken |
| alternative Scotland | mymmerkyn |
| alternative Scotland | memmerkyn |
Origin of mimmerkin
From mimmer + -kin. Cognate with Scots mimmerkin, memmerkin (“a dwarf, dwarfish creature”). Compare also mimmering (“doting, dreaming”).
Questions about mimmerkin
- What does mimmerkin mean?
- Mimmerkin means a deformed or freakish person; a dwarf or dwarfish creature.
- What part of speech is mimmerkin?
- Mimmerkin is a noun.
- What is the plural of mimmerkin?
- The plural of mimmerkin is mimmerkins.
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