mincy

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adjective

mincing; affectedly dainty

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Meanings

mincy1

adjectivemincy (comparative mincier, superlative minciest)

comparative mincier · superlative minciest

  1. informalmincing; affectedly dainty

    Becky had been trying to move out of the society pages and into stories of more substance in recent months, a major shift for her. When I worked for the Herald, she was kind of a mincy, snotty little thing who dressed in heels and blouses […]

    2016, Meg O'Brien, A Bright Flamingo Shroud

Mincy2

proper nounMincy (plural Mincys)

plural Mincys

  1. A surname.

Origin

From mince + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mycin
Cite this entry
APA

mincy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mincy

MLA

“mincy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mincy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mincy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mincy.

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