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Definition mince

Etymology

From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ?eminsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-Germanic *minnis?n? (“to make less”); partly from Old French mincer, mincier (“to cut into small pieces”), from mince (“slender, slight, puny”), from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”); both from Proto-Indo-European *(e)mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Old Saxon mins?n (“to make less, make smaller”), Gothic ??????? (minznan, “to become less, diminish”), Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen”), Gothic ???? (mins, “slender, slight”). More at min.

Noun

mince (countable and uncountable, plural minces)

1. (uncountable) Finely chopped meat.
2. (uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
3. (countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
4. (countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
5. (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie).

Verb

mince (third-person singular simple present minces, present participle mincing, simple past and past participle minced)

1. (transitive) To make less; make small.
2. (transitive) To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.
3. (transitive, rare) To effect mincingly.
4. (transitive, cooking) To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.
5. (archaic, transitive, figuratively) To suppress or weaken the force of
6. To say or utter vaguely, not directly or frankly
7. (transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
8. (intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
9. (intransitive) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

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