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Grammar : Adj
Spell : meen
Phonetic Transcription : min



Definition of meanest

Origin :
  • "intend, have in mind," Old English mænan "to mean, intend, signify; tell, say; complain, lament," from West Germanic *mainijan (cf. Old Frisian mena "to signify," Old Saxon menian "to intend, signify, make known," Dutch menen, German meinen "think, suppose, be of the opinion"), from PIE *meino- "opinion, intent" (cf. Old Church Slavonic meniti "to think, have an opinion," Old Irish mian "wish, desire," Welsh mwyn "enjoyment"), perhaps from root *men- "think" (see mind (n.)). Conversational question you know what I mean? attested by 1834.
  • adj ungenerous
  • adj hostile, rude
  • adj poor; of or in inferior circumstances
Example sentences :
  • The road to it led through one of the meanest portions of the city.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • He's got a drunken father,—one of the meanest kind of drunkards.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • That it can be done will be obvious to the meanest comprehension.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 » by Various
  • We can do all we wish while we live; afterwards we are less than the meanest.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • You are solicitous of the good-will of the meanest person, uneasy at his ill-will.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The meanest man on the Cape, and livin' right in my own town, too!
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Let me be the lowest of the low and the meanest of the mean.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • I must have looked like the meanest of pickpockets caught in the act.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He became as full of smiles and capers as the meanest sycophant.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "It is a riddle that the meanest of your clerks there can read for you," said he.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

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