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alkin

/ˈɔːlkɪn/ UK
/ˈɔlkɪn/ US
/ˈɑl-/ US
/ˈɔlkɪn/ Scotland

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From Middle English alkin, alkinnes (“of all kinds”) [and other forms], from Old English ealle cynn (“of all kinds”) [and other forms], from eall (“all”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all; beyond; other”)) + cynn (“kind; family”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth; to produce”)). The English word is analysable as all + kin (“(obsolete) class (of animals, persons, or things) having common attributes, kind”). Compare Swedish allsköns, Danish alskens.

adjective alkyn · allkins · allkyn · alkine · alkyne · allkin

Northern England, Scotland, not comparable Of all or every kind; all kinds or sorts of; intermingled and various. alkin crafty men

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@misc{alkin_2026,
  title = {alkin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alkin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}