min
nounadjectivenounverbnounnouncommon in dialogue
- //mɪn//
minoxidil
noun
- 1
Variant of minuteAbbreviation of minute.
- 2
Variant of minuteClipping of minute.
Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!
adjective
- 1
obsoleteLess; smaller; lower.
The more and the minne
Etymology
From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-West Germanic *minni, from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).
noun
- 1
obsoleteMemory; remembrance.
[…] and faith I've done that same and found me min; […]
Etymology
From Middle English min, minne, partly from Old English myne (“mind, intent, desire, love”), from Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory”); and also from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”); both from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”).
verb
- 1
obsoleteto bring to the mind of; remind
- 2
obsoleteto remember
- 3
obsoleteto mention
Etymology
From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.
noun
- 1
Variant of minimumAbbreviation of minimum.
- 2
Variant of minimumClipping of minimum.
He's gotta be at least 60, min!
noun
- 1
informalminoxidil
Etymology
Clipping of minoxidil.
Forms
- plural
- mins
- past tense
- minned
- past participle
- minned
- present participle
- minning
- third person singular
- mins