kid

kid
{{11}}kid (n.) c.1200, "the young of a goat," from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.N. kið "young goat"), from P.Gmc. *kiðjom (Cf. O.H.G. kizzi, Ger. kitze, Dan., Swed. kid). Extended meaning of "child" first recorded as slang 1590s, established in informal usage by 1840s. Applied to skillful young thieves and pugilists since at least 1812. Kid stuff "something easy" is from 1913 (The phrase was in use about that time in reference to vaudeville acts or advertisements featuring children, and to children-oriented features in newspapers). Kid glove "a glove made of kidskin leather" is from 1680s; sense of "characterized by wearing kid gloves," therefore "dainty, delicate" is from 1856.
{{12}}kid (v.) "tease playfully," 1839, earlier, in thieves' cant, "to coax, wheedle, hoax" (1811), probably from KID (Cf. kid) (n.), via notion of "treat as a child, make a kid of." Related: Kidded; kidding.

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