Noun: miniskirt
| Singular | miniskirt |
| Plural | miniskirts |
Sample Sentences
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People who are “switched-on” and can twitch to prove it. And now–the latest—the chest toupee and the mini-skirt. […] For the benefit of those who are neither switched-on nor gear, the mini-skirt is actually a semi-skirt. [1966 May 29, Russell Baker, “Observer: London Is I-Cumen In, Sing Cu-Cu”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
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The stewardess in a miniskirt, a hippie in a leather shirt [1971, Leanne Scott, “L.A. International Airport”, performed by Susan Raye:]
Nouns inflected like miniskirt
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Paleo-Hispanicbor.
3. Latin Minius
4. Proto-Indo-European *-om
5. Proto-Italic *-om
6. Latin -um
7. Latin minium
8. Italian minio
9. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
10. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
13. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
14. Proto-Italic *-ājō
15. Proto-Italic *-āō
16. Latin -ō
17. Italian -are
18. Italian miniare
19. Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
20. Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
21. Latin -tūra
22. Italian -tura
23. Italian miniaturabor.
24. English miniature
25. English mini-
26. Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?
27. Proto-Germanic *skertaną
28. Proto-Germanic *skurtaz
29. Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ
30. Old Norse skyrtabor.
31. Middle English skyrte
32. English skirt
33. English miniskirt
34. From mini- + skirt.
Verbs referencing "miniskirt"
German Nouns
Minirock, Dutch Nouns
minirok.