"mimmerkin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mimmerkins [plural]
Etymology: From mimmer + -kin. Cognate with Scots mimmerkin, memmerkin (“a dwarf, dwarfish creature”). Compare also mimmering (“doting, dreaming”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mimmer|kin|id2=diminutive}} mimmer + -kin, {{cog|sco|mimmerkin}} Scots mimmerkin, {{m|sco|memmerkin||a dwarf, dwarfish creature}} memmerkin (“a dwarf, dwarfish creature”), {{m|en|mimmering||doting, dreaming}} mimmering (“doting, dreaming”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mimmerkin (plural mimmerkins)
  1. (archaic, Scotland, dialectal) A deformed or freakish person; a dwarf or dwarfish creature. Tags: Scotland, archaic, dialectal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: dotel, dotard, mymmerkin, memmerkin, mymerken, mymmerkyn, memmerkyn [Scotland] Synonyms (dotard): dobby
    Sense id: en-mimmerkin-en-noun-noJIulXc Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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