mint

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English minten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *muntaną, *muntijaną (“to think, consider”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Saterland Frisian mintsje, muntsje (“to aim, target”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch munten (“to aim at, target”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch monter (“cheerful, gladsome, spry”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns, “thought, opinion”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English munan (“to be mindful of, consider, intend”). More at mind.

Verb

mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)

  1. (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
  2. (transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
  3. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.

Noun

mint (plural mints)

  1. (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English mynet (“coin, money”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *munitą, *munitō (“coin”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made; akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch munt (“currency, coin, mint”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Münze (“coin, coinage, mint”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish mønt (“coin”), and to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian моне́та (monéta, “coin”).

Noun

mint (plural mints)

  1. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
  2. (informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
    That house is worth a mint
    It must have cost a mint to produce!
  3. (figurative) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
    • Shakespeare
      A mint of phrases in his brain.
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Verb

mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)

  1. (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
  2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
    • Francis Bacon
      titles […] of such natures as may be easily minted
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Adjective

mint (not comparable)

  1. (of condition) as new.
    in mint condition.
  2. (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
  3. (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
  4. (UK, slang) Very good.
    • 2014, Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
      And my God, what a house it was – it was mint! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place.
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Etymology 3

A mint plant.

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin menta (“the plant”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse minta (“mint”).

Noun

mint (plural mints)

  1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
  2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
  3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
  4. A green colour, like that of mint.
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  5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
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Adjective

mint (comparative minter, superlative mintest)

  1. Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
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