- motherkins
- The Oxford English Dictionary records vocative usage of these various ‘mother’ diminutives.
A dictionary of epithets and terms of address . Leslie Dunkling . 2015.
motherkins
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mother — n 1. genetrix, female parent, parent, ma terfamilias; dam, broody, laying hen; matriarch, matron, earth mother, housewife, the hand that rocks the cradle; mother in law, stepmother, foster mother, adoptive mother; All Inf. mater, old lady, mom,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
-kins — Suffixes added to names or words to form a dirninutive. There is an etymological relationship with the chen in German words such as Liebchen, ‘sweetheart’. In The Word Child, by Iris Murdoch, a girl whose name is Thomasina is addressed… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
-kin — Suffixes added to names or words to form a dirninutive. There is an etymological relationship with the chen in German words such as Liebchen, ‘sweetheart’. In The Word Child, by Iris Murdoch, a girl whose name is Thomasina is addressed… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
