lambkin

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English lamb English -kin English lambkin From lamb + -kin.

1. A young lamb, a very young sheep.

   “A lambkin’s snowy fleece”

   “There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak.”

2. A term of endearment.

   “Let vs condoll the knight: for lamkins vve vvill liue.”

   “She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.”