bootikin

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/ˈbuːtɪkɪn/

noun

A small boot or gaiter.

OriginEnglish boot ← Middle English bote ← Old French bote →
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Meanings

nounbootikin (plural bootikins)

plural bootikins

  1. obsoleteA small boot or gaiter.
  2. obsoleteThe boot (torture device).
  3. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.

    June 22, 1772, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway I tired myself with walking on Friday; the gout came on Saturday in my foot; yesterday I kept my bed till four o’ clock and my room all day—but with wrapping myself all over with bootikins, I have scarce had any pain.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*bautaną
  3. Frankish*bautander.?
  4. Old Frenchbote
  5. Middle Englishbote
  6. Englishboot
  7. Englishbootikin

From boot + -ikin.

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APA

bootikin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootikin

MLA

“bootikin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootikin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bootikin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootikin.

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