Definitions
insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)
Word origin
From Middle English token, taken, from Old English tācn (“sign, symbol”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“indicator, symbol, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, instruct, teach”) with Germanic *k rather than *h by Kluge's law.
Used in a sentence
“According to the Bible, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant with Noah.”
“Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together.”
“Subway tokens are being replaced by magnetic cards.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Small sign of appreciation”5 letters
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