Mince Definition
- to speak frankly
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Mince
- not mince matters
Origin of Mince
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From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish"), from Proto-Germanic *minnisōnÄ… (“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 minsōn (“to make less, make smaller"), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽 (minznan, “to become less, diminish"), Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen"), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “slender, slight"). More at min.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English mincen from Old French mincier from Vulgar Latin minūtiāre from Latin minūtia smallness minutia
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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