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minces

2 entries found.

Main Entry:
1mince 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1mince
Pronunciation:
\ˈmin(t)s\
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
minced; minc·ing
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French mincer, from Vulgar Latin *minutiare, from Latin minutia smallness — more at minutia
Date:
14th century
transitive verb1 a: to cut or chop into very small pieces b: to subdivide minutely ; especially : to damage by cutting up2: to utter or pronounce with affectation3 aarchaic : minimize b: to restrain (words) within the bounds of decorumintransitive verb: to walk with short steps in a prim affected manner
minc·er noun


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