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mauvehaus
on Feb 13, 2025
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An Infinitely Large Napkin [pdf] (2019)
Technically, napkin is a diminutive of "nape" with the suffix "kin" meaning small[0]. So really the title probably ought to be "An Infinitely Large Nape". Unless the author is going for an oxymoronic use of napkin like "jumbo shrimp".
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https://www.etymonline.com/word/napkin
redherring22
on Feb 13, 2025
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We do not speak Middle English.
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[0] https://www.etymonline.com/word/napkin