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Meaning of "sooterkin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOOTERKIN

sooterkin  [ˈsʊtəˌkɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOOTERKIN

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sooterkin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOOTERKIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sooterkin

A sooterkin is a fabled small creature about the size of a mouse that certain women were believed to have been capable of giving birth to. The origin of this initially jocular fantasy lies in the 18th century, and came to be considered factual by some eminent physicians of the day. It is attributed to a tendency of Dutch women to frequently sit on stoves or use them under their petticoats to keep warm, hence causing the breeding of a small kind of animal, which when mature would be born. The English physician John Maubray published a work entitled The Female Physician, in which he proposed that it was possible for women to give birth to sooterkins. Maubray was an advocate for maternal impression, a widely held belief that conception and pregnancy could be influenced by what the pregnant mother dreamt of, or saw. Maubray warned pregnant women that over-familiarity with household pets could cause their children to resemble those animals. He was involved in the case of Mary Toft, who appeared to vindicate his theory by giving birth to rabbits, although the whole affair turned out to be a hoax.

Definition of sooterkin in the English dictionary

The first definition of sooterkin in the dictionary is the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves. Other definition of sooterkin is a sweetheart. Sooterkin is also an imperfect character.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOOTERKIN


akin
əˈkɪn
Algonquin
ælˈɡɒŋkɪn
check-in
ˈtʃɛkɪn
chicken
ˈtʃɪkɪn
cuitikin
ˈkuːtɪˌkɪn
heartikin
ˈhɑːtɪˌkɪn
Hodgkin
ˈhɒdʒkɪn
kicking
ˈkɪkɪn
kin
kɪn
Larkin
ˈlɑːkɪn
mannequin
ˈmænɪkɪn
napkin
ˈnæpkɪn
nipperkin
ˈnɪpəˌkɪn
parkin
ˈpɑːkɪn
pumpkin
ˈpʌmpkɪn
Pushkin
ˈpʊʃkɪn
Rankin
ˈræŋkɪn
skin
skɪn
slammerkin
ˈslæməˌkɪn
work-in
ˈwɜːkɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOOTERKIN

soot
soote
sootflake
sooth
soothe
soother
soothfast
soothfastly
soothfastness
soothful
soothing
soothingly
soothingness
soothlich
soothly
soothsaid
soothsay
soothsayer
soothsaying
sootier

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOOTERKIN

ciderkin
firkin
gherkin
interleukin
jerkin
kilderkin
malkin
manakin
merkin
morkin
munchkin
Pekin
perkin
Ruskin
sheepskin
snakeskin
takin
the Gherkin
Tonkin
wolfskin

Synonyms and antonyms of sooterkin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sooterkin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOOTERKIN

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The translations of sooterkin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sooterkin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sooterkin
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sooterkin
570 millions of speakers

English

sooterkin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sooterkin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sooterkin
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sooterkin
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sooterkin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sooterkin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sooterkin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sooterkin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sooterkin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sooterkin
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sooterkin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sooterkin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sooterkin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sooterkin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शस्त्रक्रिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sooterkin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sooterkin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sooterkin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sooterkin
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sooterkin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sooterkin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sooterkin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sooterkin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sooterkin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sooterkin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOOTERKIN»

The term «sooterkin» is normally little used and occupies the 128.489 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOOTERKIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sooterkin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sooterkin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sooterkin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOOTERKIN»

Discover the use of sooterkin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sooterkin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Sooterkin
But when a well-dressed stranger arrives bearing a modest proposal for the infant's future, no-one foresees the trouble that lies ahead. The Sooterkin is a vividly imagined and wickedly funny tale of an upside-down world turned inside out.
Tom Gilling, 1999
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Imagining Monsters: Miscreations of the Self in ...
»Ai* Sooterkin," is John Maubray. He had earned the title of "The Sooterkin Doctor" because, several years before the Mary Toft incident, he had become notorious in another case of monstrous childbirth when he claimed that he delivered a ...
Dennis Todd, 1995
3
The Sooterkin Dissected in a Letter to John Maubray, M D ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Lover Of Truth And Learning, 2010
4
The Sooterkin Disected in a Letter to John Maubray, M D ...
A reissue of the edition of 1726, with a cancel titlepage. The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.London: printed for A. Moore, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1727. 32p.; 8
Lover Of Truth And Learning, 2010
5
The philosophy of common life: or, The science of health
Sooterkin touched his queer-looking cap, and very politely said he was the " Kaminfeger " (chimney-sweeper). Without more ado, Kaminfeger pulls out a little book, ruled into all sorts of columns, and filled with hieroglyphics ; and in very good ...
John Scoffern, 1857
6
The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England)
Mary Tofts, in " Much Ado about Nothing," says, "as for the squab man, that cry' dout a sooterkin, a sooterkin, I don't lik him at all ; for it semes he wonted to mak a Devil's Damm of me ; and peept and peept, the Devil peep his eyes out, in hops to ...
‎1842
7
Emblematic Monsters: Unnatural Conceptions and Deformed ...
Emblematic Monsters is a social history of monstrous births as seen through popular print, scholarly books and the proceedings of learned societies."
Alan W. Bates, 2005
8
Wolf Tree
The book opens with an examination of the extreme forms this nature may take - from the Dutch legend of the false child Sooterkin, to two-headed calves, Zip the Pinhead, and other medical curiosities, particularly those captured by 19th ...
Alison Calder, 2007
9
Miles McGinty
'The Sooterkin is one of the most original and entertaining novels to come out of Australia in a long time.' Sunday Telegraph 'Like his countryman Peter Carey, Gilling isn't shy about applying a fun-house mirror to an old-fashioned adventure,  ...
Tom Gilling, 2003
10
Smack Express
Exposes the raw insides of Australian organised crime and the multi-billion dollar drug trafficking business that is at its core and in a way only a senior police officer could.
Tom Gilling, 2009

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOOTERKIN»

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SEVEN MILE BEACH By Tom Gilling
... the Britain-to-Australia transplant well loved for a pair of brilliant if occasionally precious novels set in the 19th century, “The Sooterkin” and “The Adventures of ... «New York Times, Sep 09»
2
Smack Express
His co-writer is a surprise: the journalist and novelist Tom Gilling, who produced the delightfully whimsical novel The Sooterkin 10 years ago. There is no whimsy ... «Brisbane Times, Feb 09»
3
Court terms for Bajoria asset sale
He has also staked a claim to real estate projects in Garden Reach, Kona, Behala and on CR Avenue and Sooterkin Street. The project on CR Avenue is the ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Feb 09»
4
Bajoria cousin bets on twin notes
He has also staked a claim to real estate projects at Garden Reach, CR Avenue, Kona, Behala and Sooterkin Street. The project on CR Avenue is the E-Mall ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Feb 09»
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Arun Bajoria's cousin lays claim on assets
... plot near Kona Expressway at the outskirts of Kolkata and properties in Behala and Sooterkin Street. "The combined valuation of these mills and the properties ... «Times of India, Feb 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sooterkin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sooterkin>. Apr 2024 ».
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