mesquin
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian meschino or Spanish mezquino, both from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mesquin (feminine mesquine, masculine plural mesquins, feminine plural mesquines)
- unimportant
- small-minded, petty
- poor, of poor quality
- stingy, tight-fisted
- mean
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mesquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “mesquin” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.