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by mauvehaus 490 days ago
Technically, napkin is a diminutive of "nape" with the suffix "kin" meaning small[0]. So really the title probably ought to be "An Infinitely Large Nape". Unless the author is going for an oxymoronic use of napkin like "jumbo shrimp".

[0] https://www.etymonline.com/word/napkin

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We do not speak Middle English.