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mien definition

mien (mēn)

noun

  1. a way of carrying and conducting oneself; manner
  2. a way of looking; appearance

Etymology: aphetic for demean, but altered by assoc. with Fr mine, look, air < Bret min, muzzle, beak

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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