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
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
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
One of the guests was an elderly gentleman with a white beard and pointed hat, and the other was a handsome minx with an olive complexion and plucked eyebrows.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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