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Definition of the day : « mincing »

  • adj affected, pretentious
Example sentences :
  • Beside the Bishop rode the Prior of Emmet upon a mincing palfrey.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • He slowed down to an alert and mincing walk and then stopped.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • "A thousand thanks, Monsieur—no," he answered coldly in his mincing tones.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • There's no need of mincing the matter; we need fear no eavesdropper here.
  • Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • "I know of no joke, Niece Ruth," said the old lady, with mincing iciness.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray
  • The players themselves walked with a mincing step about the table.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • There is no beating about the bush here, and no mincing of phrases.
  • Extract from : « Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by John Evelyn
  • In respect to her bewitching endearments, there's no mincing matters, at all.
  • Extract from : « Christmas Eve at Swamp's End » by Norman Duncan
  • She has a green eye and a sharp voice; a mincing gait and a broad foot.
  • Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It gave him courage to speak out—his whole mind and no mincing matters.
  • Extract from : « The Combined Maze » by May Sinclair