'Mincing' definitions:
Definition of 'mincing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Definition of 'Mincing'
From: GCIDE
- Mincing \Min"cing\, a. That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mincing'
From: Easton
- Mincing (Heb. taphoph, Isa. 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick steps. Luther renders the word by "wag" or "waggle," thus representing "the affected gait of coquettish females."
Synonyms of 'mincing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affected,
- dainty,
- dandyish,
- delicate,
- effeminate,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exquisite,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- foppish,
- formalistic,
- fussy,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- la-di-da,
- namby-pamby,
- nice,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- particular,
- pedantic,
- pernickety,
- persnickety,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pretentious,
- puristic,
- put-on,
- simpering,
- squeamish,
- stilted,
- too-too