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mincing

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minc·ing  (mnsng)
adj.
Affectedly refined or dainty.
mincing·ly adv.
mincing [ˈmɪnsɪŋ]
adj
(of a person) affectedly elegant in gait, manner, or speech
mincingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mincingmincing - affectedly dainty or refined        
dainty, niminy-piminy, prim, twee
refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
mincing
adjective affected, nice, camp (informal), precious, pretentious, dainty, sissy, effeminate, foppish, poncy (slang), arty-farty (informal), lah-di-dah (informal), niminy-piminy He waddled onto the stage with tiny mincing steps.
Translations
mincing [ˈmɪnsɪŋ]
A. ADJ → remilgado, afectado; [step] → menudito
B. CPD mincing machine N → máquina f de picar carne
mincing [ˈmɪnsɪŋ] adj (= effeminate) → efféminé(e)
mincing
adj (Brit) → geziert; steps → tänzelnd, trippelnd
mincing [ˈmɪnsɪŋ] adj → affettato/a, lezioso/a
mincing [ˈmɪnsɪŋ] adj → affettato/a, lezioso/a


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Lorry," said Stryver, squaring his elbows, "that it is your deliberate opinion that the young lady at present in question is a mincing Fool?
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
That office consists in mincing the horse-pieces of blubber for the pots; an operation which is conducted at a curious wooden horse, planted endwise against the bulwarks, and with a capacious tub beneath it, into which the minced pieces drop, fast as the sheets from a rapt orator's desk.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
And the prince, imagining that he was mimicking his wife, made a mincing curtsey at each word.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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