skink

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

From Latin scincus, from Ancient Greek σκίνκος (skínkos).

Noun

skink (plural skinks)

1. A lizard of the Scincidae family, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed.

Translations

lizard

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石龍子 (cmn), 石龙子 (cmn) (shílóngzi)

• Finnish: skinkki (fi), kaivajalisko (fi)
• French: scinque (fr) m

Etymology 2

From Old English scencan or Old Norse skenkja.

Verb

skink (third-person singular simple present skinks, present participle skinking, simple past and past participle skinked)

1. (Scotland) to serve (a drink)
   • Shirley

     Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.

Noun

skink

1. (obsolete) drink
2. (obsolete) pottage

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Derived terms

• Cullen skink

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• kinks