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
Meanwhile, a suburbanite should consider investing in a no-fuss urban crash pad for himself, as in the 2012 Magnetic Fields song: Where's a minx get minks to wear?
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2014
Ronaldinho is the headline act, the enduring gaucho minx recalled to the squad a year after being dropped by Menezes and returning aged 31 as the incumbent Brazilian footballer of the year.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2013
She was not a minx, not deceitful, not designing and heartless.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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