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minch.

A nun.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A nun.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mynche, a reduced form of minchen, monchen, from Old English myneċen (“a female monk, nun”), from Proto-Germanic *munikinnō (“female monk”), from *munikaz (“monk”), from Late Latin monachus (“monk”), from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “hermit”, noun), from μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”, adjective), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *menw-, *manw- (“small, little, isolated”). Cognate with German Mönchin (“female monk”). Related also to minnow. More at monk.

verb
  1. Alternative form of mince.

    alt-of · alternative · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English menchen, a variant of mincen. More at mince.

verb
  1. Alternative form of mitch (“play truant from school”).

    alt-of · alternative
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