n.
Pronunciation: ' min(t)s
Function: verb
Inflected Form: minced ; minc · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French mincer, from Vulgar Latin *minutiare, from Latin minutia smallness ― more at MINUTIA
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to cut or chop into very small pieces b : to subdivide minutely especially : to damage by cutting up
2 : to utter or pronounce with affectation
3 a archaic : MINIMIZE b : to restrain (words) within the bounds of decorum
intransitive verb : to walk with short steps in a prim affected manner
– minc · er noun