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Define the word mincing

"Mincing" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Mincing \Min"cing\, a.
   That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.
   [1913 Webster]

"mincing" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

mincing
     adj : affectedly dainty or refined [syn: dainty, niminy-piminy,
            prim, twee]

"mincing" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "mincing":
   affected, dainty, dandyish, delicate, effeminate, elegant,
   euphemistic, euphuistic, exquisite, fastidious, finical, finicking,
   finicky, foppish, formalistic, fussy, goody good-good, goody-goody,
   la-di-da, namby-pamby, nice, overnice, overprecise, overrefined,
   particular, pedantic, pernickety, persnickety, precieuse, precious,
   precisian, precisianistic, precisionistic, pretentious, puristic,
   put-on, simpering, squeamish, stilted, too-too

"Mincing" easton "Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary"

Mincing
   (Heb. taphoph, Isa. 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick
   steps. Luther renders the word by "wag" or "waggle," thus
   representing "the affected gait of coquettish females."