Twynne
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Twynne is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of twin.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of twin.
Example Sentences
Her twynning cherries ſhall their ſweetnes fall / Upon thy taſtefull lips,
c. 1600, Parish Church of Leeds, 1891, The Registers of the Parish Church of Leeds: 1572 to 1612, page 153, Thomas, child of James Smythe, without Lydynte (being one of the twynnes).
1626 June 2, Jane Cornwallis, 1842, Richard Griffin (editor), The Private Correspondence of Jane Lady Cornwallis; 1613-1644, page 158, […] I comfort myself in that observacion he makes of the time, as hoping that I shall hear by the next that we are twynnes as well in recovering as in falling sick, […] .
Word Forms
- twynnes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dublet, geminy, paire, twile, peare, thynge.
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