mincing
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English [edit]
Verb [edit]
mincing
- Present participle of mince.
Adjective [edit]
mincing (comparative more mincing, superlative most mincing)
- Affectedly dainty.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2
- "Is there nothing to eat in the house?" he asked, insolently, as if to a servant. In certain stages of his intoxication he affected the clipped, mincing speech of the towns. Mrs. Morel hated him most in this condition.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2
