mense

[mens]

noun

1. propriety; discretion.

verb (used with object)

mensed, mensing 

1. to adorn; bring honor to; grace.

Other Word Forms

• menseful adjective
• menseless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mense¹

1490–1500; variant (north) of mensk, Middle English menske courtesy, honor < Old Norse menska humanity, cognate with Old English menniscu literally, the human state; akin to mensch. See man, -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Instead, Wilson worked with Jets dietician Nicolette Mense to develop a better game plan for meals.

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“The cars are going fast enough that when a car hits a person, the person dies,” says Cindy Mense of Trailnet, a St. Louis-based nonprofit advocate for bikers and walkers.

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About a dozen mobbed him after the event for autographs and photos, and at one point he ran into an old neighbor — Susan Mense, who he said lived in the house behind his and her father would yell at him when he got in her yard.

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“At one point, he slammed his hand into the window or something, and he said some profanities and was just yelling at the top of his lungs,” Mense said.

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Hunter Mense first saw Scherzer during the 2003 Missouri state basketball tournament.

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