lambkin

American  

[lam-kin] / ˈlæm kɪn /

noun

1. a little lamb.

2. a person who is exceptionally sweet, young, and innocent, as a small child.

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lambkin British  

/ ˈlæmkɪn /

noun

1. a small or young lamb

2. a term of affection for a small endearing child

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Etymology

Origin of lambkin

First recorded in 1570–80; lamb + -kin

Example Sentences

"Now, Greta, now—now—gently—" Greta looked around with the bewildered gaze of a lost lambkin.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir

Then both his children to a window leads That over daisied pasture-land looks out, And shows Bopeep where her lost flock wide feeds, And every frolic lambkin leaps about.

From Poems by Howells, William Dean

Here it is: “In the sky the phenix proudly flies, On the earth the lambkin tamely lies, At the table through an ancient book I wade, In the room I softly call the maid.”

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard

The lambkin frisk’d, the damsel fain Would wile him back,—she called in vain.

From London Lyrics by Cruikshank, George

Sleep, baby, sleep, The lammies love the sheep— Woolly babes all nestle cosy, Lie, my lambkin, warm and rosy, Sleep, baby, sleep.

From Songs of Womanhood by Alma-Tadema, Laurence