Associations to the word «Wilkins»

Wiktionary

WILKINS, proper noun. A patronymic surname​.

Dictionary definition

WILKINS, noun. United States civil rights leader (1901-1981).
WILKINS, noun. Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958).
WILKINS, noun. English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats