/ miːn; NAmE / noun
[ sing. ] ( formal or literary ) a person's appearance or manner that shows how they are feeling
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent.: probably from French mine expression, influenced by obsolete demean bearing, demeanour .
/ miːn; NAmE / noun
[ sing. ] ( formal or literary ) a person's appearance or manner that shows how they are feeling
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent.: probably from French mine expression, influenced by obsolete demean bearing, demeanour .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005