mince

English

/mɪns/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) Finely chopped meat.
  • (uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
  • (countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
  • (countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
  • (countable) An eye (from mince pie (mince pie)).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mincen inherited from Old English minsian inherited from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną (make less, make smaller) derived from Old French mincer derived from Frankish *minsto derived from Proto-Germanic *minniz (less, small) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(e)mey- (little, small), *mey- (small, change, little, strengthen, exchange, bind, fix, build fortifications fences, fence, attach, share, tie, soil, go past, fasten, wander).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mey-

Gloss

small, change, little, strengthen, exchange, bind, fix, build fortifications fences, fence, attach, share, tie, soil, go past, fasten, wander

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Kanji

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