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mincing |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mincing \Min"cing\, a. That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mincing adj : affectedly dainty or refined [syn: {dainty}, {niminy-piminy}, {prim}, {twee}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Mincing (Heb. taphoph Isa. 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick steps. Luther renders the word by wag" or "waggle," thus representing "the affected gait of coquettish females."
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