minx
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of minx
1535–45; perhaps < Low German minsk man, impudent woman; cognate with German Mensch; see mensch
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Her affect evokes old-timey words — scamp, scapegrace, minx.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 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
Answer: Surprisingly hilarious, thanks mostly to the antics of Ron’s second ex-wife—a bespectacled, psychotic minx played by Nick Offerman’s real-life partner.
From Time ● Jan. 14, 2015
And just as effortlessly, Brody was re-recruited to the jihadi cause by a posh minx of a journalist covertly working for the arch-baddie, Abu Nazir.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 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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