mien

[ meen ]

/ min /

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noun

air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.: a man of noble mien.

Nearby words

mie, mie scattering, mielie, mielziner, mielziner, jo, mien, mieres, mies van der rohe, mies van der rohe, ludwig, miescher, miescher's granulomatosis

Origin of mien

1505–15; probably aphetic variant of obsolete demean bearing, demean²; spelled with -ie- to distinguish it from mean²

SYNONYMS FOR mien

appearance, look; carriage.

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Examples from the Web for mien

As if instead of reading lullabies, Palestinians read their kids Mien Kempf.
No, Most Palestinians Aren't Anti-Semites|Maysoon Zayid|May 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Heavy of gait, stolid of mien, and of indomitable courage, the true Wessex man is a staunch friend and a very mild enemy.
Thomas Hardy's Dorset|Robert Thurston Hopkins
He spoke low and deferentially, and his mien was that of a modest, retiring man who secretly thought ill of himself.
The Lions of the Lord|Harry Leon Wilson
Doris' wide eyes were tinged with red, and her mien was as dejected as Heraia's; for Charmides had been her comrade always.
Istar of Babylon|Margaret Horton Potter

Here we met Guatemoc, the prince, and his mien was fierce and wild.
Montezuma's Daughter|H. Rider Haggard
Though her mien was in general haughty, she flattered Zenobia, and consummately.
Endymion|Benjamin Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for mien

mien

/ (miːn) /

noun

literary a person's manner, bearing, or appearance, expressing personality or mooda noble mien

Word Origin for mien

C16: probably variant of obsolete demean appearance; related to French mine aspect

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Word Origin and History for mien

mien

"facial expression," 1510s, probably a shortening of Middle English demean "bearing, demeanor" (see demeanor) and influenced by Middle French mine "appearance, facial expression," which is of unknown origin, possibly Celtic (cf. Breton min "beak, muzzle, nose," Irish men "mouth").

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