minx

[ mingks ]

/ mɪŋks /

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noun

a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.

Nearby words

minuteman, minutemen, minutes, minutia, minutiae, minx, minya, minyades, minyan, minyas, mio-

Origin of minx

1535–45; perhaps < Low German minsk man, impudent woman; cognate with German Mensch; see mensch

Related forms

minx·ish, adjective

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Stolen By Jinx Jamison and Minx Malone The Madame X School of Sex series of short ebooks are steamy cheap buys.
Sexier Than ‘50 Shades of Grey’: Naughtiest Bits From 12 Other Erotica Bestsellers||July 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Minx rode horseback as before, while Spot went afoot, jumping and barking, and snapping up a mouthful of snow every few minutes.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877|Various
She ain't my Muckluck, and I don't believe she's a minx, not a little bit.
The Magnetic North|Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
And then, if you please, the minx told me that she hoped the advice would be taken as kindly as it was given.
The Seven Sleuths' Club|Carol Norton

But Arabella is a minx when her blood is up; and Janet knows how to make me afraid.
The Quiver, 1/1900|Anonymous
Did the bold, bad, forward American minx scare it almost out of its poor shy wits?
The Unspeakable Perk|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for minx

minx

/ (mɪŋks) /

noun

a bold, flirtatious, or scheming woman

Derived Forms

minxish, adjective

Word Origin for minx

C16: of unknown origin

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minx

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