I. ˈmint noun
Etymology: Middle English minte, from Old English, from Latin mentha, menta; akin to Greek minthē mint
Date: before 12th century
1. : any of a family (Labiatae, the mint family) of aromatic plants with a square stem and a 4-lobed ovary which produces four one-seeded nutlets in fruit ; especially : any of a genus ( Mentha ) of mints that have white, purple, or pink verticillate flowers with a nearly regular corolla and four equal stamens and that include some used in flavoring and cookery
2. : a confection flavored with mint
• minty ˈmin-tē adjective
II. noun
Etymology: Middle English mynt coin, money, from Old English mynet, from Latin moneta mint, coin, from Moneta, epithet of Juno; from the fact that the Romans coined money in the temple of Juno Moneta
Date: 15th century
1. : a place where coins, medals, or tokens are made
2. : a place where something is manufactured
3. : a vast sum or amount
worth a mint
III. transitive verb
Date: circa 1520
1. : to make (as coins) out of metal : coin
2. : create , produce
3. : to cause to attain an indicated status
newly mint ed doctors
• mint·er noun
IV. adjective
Date: 1902
: unmarred as if fresh from a mint
in mint condition