Found 4 hits - Term: mincing, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mincing \min"cing\, a.
that minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mincing
adj : affectedly dainty or refined syn: dainty, niminy-piminy,
prim, twee
see also:
dainty niminy-piminy prim twee
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
40 moby thesaurus words for "mincing":
affected, dainty, dandyish, delicate, effeminate, elegant,
euphemistic, euphuistic, exquisite, fastidious, finical, finicking,
finicky, foppish, formalistic, fussy, goody good-good, goody-goody,
la-di-da, namby-pamby, nice, overnice, overprecise, overrefined,
particular, pedantic, pernickety, persnickety, precieuse, precious,
precisian, precisianistic, precisionistic, pretentious, puristic,
put-on, simpering, squeamish, stilted, too-too
- [4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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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