mesquin

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian meschino or Spanish mezquino, both from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛs.kɛ̃/ === Adjective === mesquin (feminine mesquine, masculine plural mesquins, feminine plural mesquines) unimportant small-minded, petty poor, of poor quality stingy, tight-fisted mean ==== Derived terms ==== mesquinerie ==== Related terms ==== miskine === Further reading === “mesquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “mesquin”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette