Mincing

Definitions

1. The act by which something is minced.
   countable, uncountable
2. Affected dainty speech or movement.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“After three or four mincings with a coarse blade the product was passed two or three times through a fine blade.”

“My father, León Fuertes, was a fag three years; a roaring faggot; a lisping, smirking fruit; […] He put⟳ on all the trappings of inversion: the twittered mouthings, the hyper-feminine moues, the languid mincings.”

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