dinky

Meanings

Adjective

• Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
• Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.

Noun

• A person in a relationship with double income and no kids

Origin

• 1780-90; compare Scots dink ("neatly dressed, trim") (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; -y.
• cf. DINK