Meaning of mense | Babel Free
/mɛns/Definitions
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Property, owndom; possessions. countable, uncountable
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Decency; propriety; civility. UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
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A large amount. UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
Examples
“... But never a soul had the mense to come near them,[…]”
“Little mense to the cheeks to bite aff the nose[…]”
“For she had baked a crumpie cake And butter scones, for mense's sake, To entertain her lodger.”
“Be seen with men of mense, but turn aside From swicks and sweeps, the silly and the low […]”
“... ye'll hae the sense and the mense to keep a calm sough,[…]”
“There is not a mense of snow in "smoky Leeds,"”
“He has a mense o' pure nonsense,”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.