mense
/mɛns/
mense noun: property, owndom; possessions.
Noun
mense (countable and uncountable, plural menses)
- Property, owndom; possessions.
- Decency; propriety; civility.
- ... But never a soul had the mense to come near them,[…]1812, John Bell, Rhymes of Northern Bards: Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham, page 185
- Little mense to the cheeks to bite aff the nose[…]1842, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's Information for the People, page 796
- A large amount.
- There is not a mense of snow in "smoky Leeds,"1841, Richard Winter Hamilton, Nugae Literariae: Prose and Verse, page 356
- He has a mense o' pure nonsense,1857, James Stewart, Sketches of Scottish Character, and Other Poems. The Late James Steward. With a Memoir of the Author, page 22
Verb
mense (third-person singular simple present menses, present participle mensing, simple past and past participle mensed)
mense meaning in Urdu
mense in Urdu
- نزاکت, ظرافت, زیبائش, آراستہ کرنا, اعزاز دینا
Examples of mense in a sentence
- For she had baked a crumpie cake And butter scones, for mense's sake, To entertain her lodger.1871, Henry Scott Riddell, The Poetical Works of Henry Scott Riddell, page 141:
- Be seen with men of mense, but turn aside From swicks and sweeps, the silly and the low […]1895, William Dunbar, Dunbar: Being a Selection from the Poems of an Old Makar, page 31:
- ... ye'll hae the sense and the mense to keep a calm sough,[…]1904, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Men of the Moss-hags: Being a History of Adventure Taken from the Papers of William Gordon of...
Forms of mense
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | menses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | menses |
| present participle | mensing |
| past participle | mensed |
| past | mensed |
Origin of mense
From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old English mennisċu (“the human condition, humanity”) and/or Old Norse menska (“humanity”). More at mennish, mensch.
Words formed from mense
Questions about mense
- What does mense mean?
- Mense means property, owndom; possessions.
- What is mense in Urdu?
- Mense in Urdu is نزاکت, ظرافت, زیبائش. See Mense meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use mense in a sentence?
- For she had baked a crumpie cake And butter scones, for mense's sake, To entertain her lodger.
- What part of speech is mense?
- Mense can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce mense?
- Mense is pronounced /mɛns/.
- What is the plural of mense?
- The plural of mense is menses.
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