Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A girl or young woman who is considered to be impudent or very flirtatious.
- noun Obsolete A promiscuous woman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pert girl; a hussy; a jade; a baggage.
- noun A female puppy.
- noun Same as
mink .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pert or a wanton girl.
- noun obsolete A she puppy; a pet dog.
- noun (Zoöl.), obsolete The mink; -- called also minx otter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pert ,flirtatious orimpudent young woman . - noun obsolete A
mink .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She was persuaded the minx was a sly one, and would carry tales.
St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864
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She was persuaded the minx was a sly one, and would carry tales.
St. George and St. Michael Volume I George MacDonald 1864
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_Fouines_, a quadruped known as the minx or mink, _Mustela vison_.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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I was alive because Sonsee-array fancied me and was grateful-and also because she was just the kind of minx to enjoy flouting tribal convention by marrying a foreigner.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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I was alive because Sonsee-array fancied me and was grateful-and also because she was just the kind of minx to enjoy flouting tribal convention by marrying a foreigner.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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I was alive because Sonsee-array fancied me and was grateful-and also because she was just the kind of minx to enjoy flouting tribal convention by marrying a foreigner.
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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It is to be feared that "minx" was the only right word for Joan
The Summons 1906
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The 'minx' shook her curls, and flirted through the window with a handsome but ill-tempered looking man on a fine horse, who praised her 'golden locks,' as he called them; and oddly enough, when Melchior said that the man was a lout, and that the locks in question were corkscrewy carrot shavings, she only seemed to like the man and his compliments the more.
In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World 1902
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Marks continued by saying, in confidence, and 'quite as between you and me, dear Mary Grace', that Miss Wilkes was a 'minx'.
Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Edmund Gosse 1888
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The "minx" had lost her colour, and, for the moment, her prettiness.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II Humphry Ward 1885
madmouth commented on the word minx
usu. a younger woman. can also be a verb: 'I minxed him shamelessly'
April 11, 2009
amacleod03 commented on the word minx
1. A flirtatious young woman, probably a bit sassy and provocative, perhaps promiscuous. 2. A young woman who is a ruthless social climber, willing to use all her wiles including her sexuality to fulfill her ambition. 3. A prostitute. (OED)
July 11, 2009
madmouth commented on the word minx
"one day...
not ready yet, not ready yet
one day...
there's a little minx
should I ply her with drinks?
NO!"
-Paedogeddon
ETA: PAGING BEST OF WEIRDNET
July 11, 2009
yarb commented on the word minx
Added to BoW since the standard wrong definition is not mitigated by the standard sort of correct one.
July 11, 2009
sionnach commented on the word minx
Weirdnet can be so droll.
July 11, 2009