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minx

[ mingks ]

noun

  1. a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.


minx

/ mɪŋks /

noun

  1. a bold, flirtatious, or scheming woman


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Derived Forms

  • ˈminxish, adjective

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Other Words From

  • minxish adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of minx1

1535–45; perhaps < Low German minsk man, impudent woman; cognate with German Mensch; mensch

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Word History and Origins

Origin of minx1

C16: of unknown origin

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Example Sentences

The little minx has a gift for upstaging brides on their big day.

Stolen By Jinx Jamison and Minx Malone The Madame X School of Sex series of short ebooks are steamy cheap buys.

"Pippa is a little minx—she has a wicked sense of humor,"  the now-presumably-unemployed jewelsmith says.

"We get a very good handle on exactly what that little minx is cooking," Plec said.

In 2007, Berger launched an imprint for DC Comics called Minx that was aimed at teenage girls.

The girls refuse to comeIve just had a letter from Julie; she is the most independent, ungrateful young minx I ever heard of!

That minx Mrs. Maynard makes quite a lot of him, and says she likes the feel of his fine-spun hair.

Fancy the little minx dancing her last pair through the other night!

The minx stood by, no longer frightened, but delighted in her vanity at the sight of our struggling over her.

A general titter ran immediately around, only arrested by the fat lady exclaiming aloud, "Shameless minx!"

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