minx
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of minx
1535–45; perhaps < Low German minsk man, impudent woman; cognate with German Mensch; see mensch
Example Sentences
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Albisson is nobly tragic; Ould-Braham is a minx; Valentine Colasante, in the thanklessly overblown role of the maid Elisa, is determinedly desperate.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
Millions of women had reclaimed that slur in recent years when fashion’s newly minted minx, Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso, had dubbed us #GirlBosses in her best-selling book.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2016
Most shocking of all was Mrs. Hughes’ #realtalk: To her, Lady Mary is “an uppity minx who’s the author of her own misfortune.”
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2012
The similarities between it and the Isle of Wight-set 2001 film Me Without You, which featured the very young Michelle Williams as the good girl and Anna Friel as the naughty minx, are uncanny.
From Time ● Jan. 12, 2012
This tune 1 shall really confound Myrna minx.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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