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midshipmite

noun

Etymology

Blend of midshipman + mite?

  1. derived from *mey-✻ — “small”
  2. inherited from *mītǭ✻ — “biting insect”
  3. inherited from *mītā✻
  4. inherited from mīte — “mite, tiny insect”
  5. inherited from mite
  6. compounded as midshipmite — “midshipman + mite”

Definitions

  1. A little or petty midshipman.

    • CHAPTER VII. In which our hero and Gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves, and did feel, what might be called midshipmite compunction.

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