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mincy

mincy adjective: mincing; affectedly dainty.

Adjective

mincy (comparative mincier, superlative minciest)

  1. (informal) mincing; affectedly dainty
    • Becky had been trying to move out of the society pages and into stories of more substance in recent months, a major shift for her. When I worked for the Herald, she was kind of a mincy, snotty little thing who dressed in heels and blouses […]2016, Meg O'Brien, A Bright Flamingo Shroud

Proper noun capitalized: Mincy

Mincy (plural Mincys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of mincy

Adjective
comparativemincier
superlativeminciest
Proper noun
pluralMincys

Origin of mincy

From mince + -y.

Questions about mincy

What does mincy mean?
Mincy means mincing; affectedly dainty.
What part of speech is mincy?
Mincy can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near mincy in the dictionary

  1. Minco
  2. Mincopi
  3. Mincopie
  4. Mincopies
  5. Mincopis
  6. mincy
  7. Mincys
  8. mind
  9. mind bleach
  10. mind boggler
  11. mind bogglers

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