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minx

[ mingks ]
/ mɪŋks /
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noun

a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.

RELATED WORDS

woman, jade, slut, flirt, hussy, coquette

Nearby words

  1. minuteman,
  2. minutemen,
  3. minutes,
  4. minutia,
  5. minutiae,
  6. minya,
  7. minyades,
  8. minyan,
  9. minyanim,
  10. minyas

Origin of minx

1535–45; perhaps < Low German minsk man, impudent woman; cognate with German Mensch; see mensch
Related formsminx·ish, adjective
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minx

/ (mɪŋks) /

noun

a bold, flirtatious, or scheming woman
Derived Formsminxish, adjective

Word Origin for minx

C16: of unknown origin
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Word Origin and History for minx

minx

n.

1540s, mynx "pet dog," later "a young, pert, wanton girl" [Johnson] (1590s), of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortening of minikin "girl, woman," from Middle Dutch minnekijn "darling, beloved," from minne "love" (see minnesinger) + -kijn, diminutive suffix. Klein's sources suggest the word is from Low German minsk "a man," also "an impudent woman," related to German Mensch (see mensch), which also has a sense in vulgar use of "wench, hussy, slut."

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