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mince

/mɛ̃s/

adjective/mɛ̃s/

thin, slim, slender

Related: amincir, minceur, mincir

Derived from the verb mincer, from Old French mincier, from Frankish *minnistō (“smaller, finer”) or Frankish *minnisōn (“to make small, make smaller”).

interjection/mɛ̃s/

drat!, darn!; wow!, blimey!

A minced oath of merde (“shit”).