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单词 whatkin
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whatkinn.

Etymology: < what 1 + -kin suffix.
Obsolete. rare—1.
A little ‘something’; a minute particle.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > extremely small thing
hilum1659
whatkin1674
scuddick1823
infinitesimal1840
teensy-weensy1872
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 112 It self [sc. a leasting or atom] being an unthroughfaresom whatkin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

whatkinwhatkinsadj.

Forms: (Sometimes as two words.)see what pron., adj.1, and adv. and kin n.1; also Middle English what skynnes.
Etymology: < what pron., adj.1, and adv. + kin n.1 6b. In later use Scots; compare what'n adj.
Scottish and northern dialect. Obsolete.
1. Interrogative or exclamatory: Of what kind; what kind or sort of; what.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adjective] > indicating questions
whicheOE
whata1000
whatkina1300
what donesc1330
what'na1510
a1300 Cursor Mundi 963 Tell me..Howgat and wit quatkin~thing, I sal couer þi saghteling.
13.. Gosp. Nicodemus (Galba) 28 We wate wele Ioseph was a wright,..and mari vs menes his moder hight, we, whatkin goddes er þise?
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 771 Quat-kyn þyng may be þat lambe, Þat þe wolde wedde vnto hys vyf?
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvi. 76 If ȝe will wit whatkyn letters þai vse, here ȝe may here þam.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ii. Prol. 1 Now haf ȝhe herd on qwhatkyn wyse I haf contenyt þis tretyis.
1561 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 60 Quha declaris expreslie quhatkin a faith thai haif in God.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 594 Quhat kin a fallow was that ane?
β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 10442 Ne wate þu noght..quatkines a fest it es to day?a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3687 ‘Sir,..þi mete es graid.’ ‘And quatkines mete?’ ‘sir, venisun.’a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1526 Take gode hede on hys de-gre, Of what skynnes lyuynge þat he be.1457 J. Hardyng Chron. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1912) Oct. 751 To spye..whatkyns passage wer for an hoste to ryde.
2. Relative: That kind of..which, such..as; usually in generalized sense (sometimes with so or soever): Whatever.
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a1300 E.E. Psalter lv. 10 [lvi. 9] In what-kin dai I cal the nou, Loke, I knew that mi God art þou.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 515 Men clepid men of holi Chirche may..do what kynne sinne, what kynne tresoun, likeþ hem.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 14 Slike one & so grete he is, whatkyns or so mykill none odyr is, no neuer may be.
a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 210 On what skynnes maner so hyt be wroȝt, Dedly synne hyt ys forthe broght.
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