-kin
a diminutive suffix of nouns:
lambkin.
-kin
suffix
small lambkin
word origin
-kin
dim. suffix, first attested mid-13c. in proper names adopted from flanders and holland, probably from m.du. -kin, properly a double-dim., from -k + -in. equivalent to ger. -chen.
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a combining form with the meaning “movement, muscular activity,” used in the formation of compound words: dyskinesia; hyperkinesia.
- -kinesis
a combining form with the general sense “movement, activity,” used in the formation of compound words, often with the particular senses “reaction to a stimulus” (photokinesis), “movement without an apparent physical cause” (telekinesis), “activity within a cell” (karyokinesis).
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a combining form found on adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -kinesia, or -kinesis: bradykinetic.
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a combining form meaning “coition,” used in the formation of compound words: algolagnia.
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