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KINKHOST Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of KINKHOST is whooping cough.
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kinkhost - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
kinkhost (uncountable). (obsolete) whooping cough · Categories: English lemmas · English nouns · English uncountable nouns · English terms with obsolete ...
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kinkhost, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun kinkhost is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for kinkhost is from around 1190, ...
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kinkhost
kinkhost Obs. exc. Sc. (ˈkɪŋkhɒst) [f. kink v.1 + hoast, cough, corresp. to MLG. kinkhôste, LG. kinkhôst, Du. kink-, kiek-, kikhoest, G. keichhusten, Da. kighoste, Sw. kikhosta: all containing the Teut. stem kik-, Saxon kink-.] = kinkcough.c 1190 Reginald Vita Godrici (Surtees) 373 Quod genus infirm...
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The Etymology of “Chincough” - Nature
“To kink” is to labour for breath in a severe fit of coughing. The more purely Scottish word for whooping-cough is “kinkhost,” in the Belgic language kink-hoest ...
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KINKHOST Definition & Meaning – Explained - Power Thesaurus
Definition of Kinkhost. 1 definition - meaning explained. noun. Whooping cough (obsolete). ExamplesPRO membership · AboutTermsPrivacy & Cookies.
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kinkcough
kinkcough north. dial. (ˈkɪŋkˌkɒf) Also 7–9 kincough, 9 king-cough. [f. kink v.1 + cough n.; cf. chincough, and the earlier kinkhost. (By Turner and others erroneously referred to Ger. kind child, and misspelt accordingly; cf. Kilian's kind-hoest.)] The hooping-cough.1568 Turner Herbal iii. 54 The c...
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kinkhost Related Words - Merriam-Webster
Words related to kinkhost: snuff, crank, cold, butt, kern, bugger, jabber, kink, crib, khyber, humpback.
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"To kink" is to labour for breath in a severe fit of coughing. The more purely Scottish word for whooping-cough is "kinkhost," in the Belgic language kink-hoest ...
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Whooping cough - Wikipedia
Whooping cough also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. Initial symptoms are usually ...
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kinkhost - definition and meaning - Wordnik
kinkhost: The whooping-cough.
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SND :: kink v2 n2 - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
I. v. 1. To gasp or choke convulsively or spasmodically: (1) to take an attack of hard coughing, esp. whooping-cough (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 293; ...
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chincough
chincough Obs. or dial. (ˈtʃɪnkɒf) Also 6 chyne cough, chyn-, chincoughe, (chyckock), choinecouch, 7 choynecough. [For chinkcough, in northern dialect kinkcough, f. chink v.1, kink + cough. An earlier form was kinkhost (f. host cough), corresp. to MLG. kinkhôste, LG. kinkhost, Du. kinkhoest, kik-, k...
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kink
▪ I. kink, n.1 (kɪŋk) Also 7 keenk, 8 kenk. [prob. a. Du. kink twist, twirl, = G. kink, kinke, Da., Sw. kink, app. from a root *kink-, *kik-, to bend, twist; cf. Icel. kikna to bend at the knees, keikr bent back.] 1. a. A short twist or curl in a rope, thread, hair, wire, or the like, at which it is...
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