mincern.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnsə/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnsər/

Forms: see mince v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mince v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < mince v. + -er suffix¹.

a. A person who minces words, or speaks in an affected manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > affected or mincing manner of speech > one who speaks in affected or mincing manner

mincer1587

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1284/2 Nicholas Stanleie, whome Leland the minser and refiner of all English names dooth most curiouslie in Latine call Nicholaum Stenelegium.

1842 Ladies' Repository Oct. 298 Here they are on the deck, and time to spare. They have left behind them loungers, mincers, ladies, and children. See the formal gentleman, too nice or too proud to accelerate his step.

1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. iii. §4. 194 The mincer, so far from dropping the front of the tongue from the palate, raises the middle part and produces (lj) which degenerates into (i), as in Modern French.

1976 Forbes (Nexis) 1 Jan. 133 No mincer of words, Chairman Edgar Speer of U.S. Steel growls: ‘You'll notice I don't call this a blasted steel company.’

2001 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 14 Jan. 8 This is a man who states openly that the rail industry was badly privatised in the first place... Not a mincer of words, then.

†b. A person who, or agency which diminishes or disparages. Obsolete.Tennyson's use (quot. 1847) is a metaphorical extension of sense 2a, but probably echoes some example of the noun in this sense or of mince v. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [noun] > one who

detractorc1384

obtrectator?a1475

hateful1510

obtrector1570

abusera1572

derogator1580

diminisher1601

disparager1611

substractora1616

mincer1619

undervaluer1651

decrier1698

subtractor1740

extenuator1751

crier1767

depreciator1799

vilipender1832

belittler1876

hatemonger1916

1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus lxxiv. 737 She accounted his Fame a Mincer, and..a Halfe-reporter of his Prosperitie and Wisedome.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 90 Mincers of each other's fame.]

†a. A person who minces or chops up (meat, etc.); (North American Whaling) a person who cuts up whale blubber for oil. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > [noun] > into small pieces > one who

mincer1611

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. C3^v Greene. Troth this [sc. tobacco] is finely shred. Lax. Oh women are the best mincers. Mist. Gal. 'Thad been a good phrase for a Cookes wife sir. Lax. But 'twill serue generally.

1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors v. 85 The mincer, with a two-handled knife, slashes it nearly through into thin slices.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xcv. 467 Look at the sailor, called the mincer, who now comes along, and..heavily backs the grandissimus, as the mariners call it.

b. A device that minces food (esp. meat), typically a machine with revolving blades. Also in extended use.The principal modern sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > mincer

manglerc1840

mincing machine1850

mincer1858

ricer1889

meat-grinder1934

1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold xii. 189 The return blow..‘dabbed the paint’ about the giant's ‘meat mincer’, making the lip rise like balm.

1859 Sci. Amer. 26 Mar. 234/2 Patent Claims... Meat mincer... What I claim is, a cutting or mincing machine, operating by means of a cylinder, or cylinders, having tapering grooves extending from end to end.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxi. §6143 Small mincer for the table, to assist digestion.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Mar. 3/2 How many mincers are in use at workhouses which [etc.].

1904 Daily News 19 May 9 In the East-end..there is a large trade in converting horse flesh by means of the mincer. One thing is certain—these are not sold as horse flesh sausages.

1935 E. Craig Family Cookery 50 Calf's liver pâté... Put the liver, uncooked bacon and ham twice or three times through a mincer.

1969 W. Mitford Lovely She Goes! iii. 17 He absent-mindedly threw the mincer off the side.

1994 S. Owen Indonesian Regional Food & Cookery 135 With a cleaver chop the pork chops, or mince them in a mincer.

c. colloquial. to put (a person, etc.) though the mincer and similar phrases: to subject to severe pressure or drastic change; to force to undergo a difficult or unpleasant experience.

ΚΠ

1971 Renaissance Q. 24 51 Michel..may be said to have put Alberti through the mincer and reconstituted the fragments into a series of ideas on different topics.

1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 June c27/1 Featherbrains can also count on enjoying Karen Shaw's variations on the theme of ‘less is more’, in which language, numbers and symbols are all put through the mincer to convivial effect.

1991 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 May 29 They need to have an idea of what they will be confronting. So, over the winter, we've put real pressure on, put them through the mincer.

2000 Financial Times (Nexis) 28 Dec. 10 The willingness to put old [cinematic] forms through modernist mincers was the year's most fascinating trend.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mincer
释义	mincern. Brit. /ˈmɪnsə/, U.S. /ˈmɪnsər/ Forms: see mince v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mince v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < mince v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A person who minces words, or speaks in an affected manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > affected or mincing manner of speech > one who speaks in affected or mincing manner mincer1587 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1284/2 Nicholas Stanleie, whome Leland the minser and refiner of all English names dooth most curiouslie in Latine call Nicholaum Stenelegium. 1842 Ladies' Repository Oct. 298 Here they are on the deck, and time to spare. They have left behind them loungers, mincers, ladies, and children. See the formal gentleman, too nice or too proud to accelerate his step. 1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. iii. §4. 194 The mincer, so far from dropping the front of the tongue from the palate, raises the middle part and produces (lj) which degenerates into (i), as in Modern French. 1976 Forbes (Nexis) 1 Jan. 133 No mincer of words, Chairman Edgar Speer of U.S. Steel growls: ‘You'll notice I don't call this a blasted steel company.’ 2001 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 14 Jan. 8 This is a man who states openly that the rail industry was badly privatised in the first place... Not a mincer of words, then. †b. A person who, or agency which diminishes or disparages. Obsolete.Tennyson's use (quot. 1847) is a metaphorical extension of sense 2a, but probably echoes some example of the noun in this sense or of mince v. 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [noun] > one who detractorc1384 obtrectator?a1475 hateful1510 obtrector1570 abusera1572 derogator1580 diminisher1601 disparager1611 substractora1616 mincer1619 undervaluer1651 decrier1698 subtractor1740 extenuator1751 crier1767 depreciator1799 vilipender1832 belittler1876 hatemonger1916 1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus lxxiv. 737 She accounted his Fame a Mincer, and..a Halfe-reporter of his Prosperitie and Wisedome. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 90 Mincers of each other's fame.] 2. †a. A person who minces or chops up (meat, etc.); (North American Whaling) a person who cuts up whale blubber for oil. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > [noun] > into small pieces > one who mincer1611 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. C3^v Greene. Troth this [sc. tobacco] is finely shred. Lax. Oh women are the best mincers. Mist. Gal. 'Thad been a good phrase for a Cookes wife sir. Lax. But 'twill serue generally. 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors v. 85 The mincer, with a two-handled knife, slashes it nearly through into thin slices. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xcv. 467 Look at the sailor, called the mincer, who now comes along, and..heavily backs the grandissimus, as the mariners call it. b. A device that minces food (esp. meat), typically a machine with revolving blades. Also in extended use.The principal modern sense. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > mincer manglerc1840 mincing machine1850 mincer1858 ricer1889 meat-grinder1934 1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold xii. 189 The return blow..‘dabbed the paint’ about the giant's ‘meat mincer’, making the lip rise like balm. 1859 Sci. Amer. 26 Mar. 234/2 Patent Claims... Meat mincer... What I claim is, a cutting or mincing machine, operating by means of a cylinder, or cylinders, having tapering grooves extending from end to end. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxi. §6143 Small mincer for the table, to assist digestion. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Mar. 3/2 How many mincers are in use at workhouses which [etc.]. 1904 Daily News 19 May 9 In the East-end..there is a large trade in converting horse flesh by means of the mincer. One thing is certain—these are not sold as horse flesh sausages. 1935 E. Craig Family Cookery 50 Calf's liver pâté... Put the liver, uncooked bacon and ham twice or three times through a mincer. 1969 W. Mitford Lovely She Goes! iii. 17 He absent-mindedly threw the mincer off the side. 1994 S. Owen Indonesian Regional Food & Cookery 135 With a cleaver chop the pork chops, or mince them in a mincer. c. colloquial. to put (a person, etc.) though the mincer and similar phrases: to subject to severe pressure or drastic change; to force to undergo a difficult or unpleasant experience. ΚΠ 1971 Renaissance Q. 24 51 Michel..may be said to have put Alberti through the mincer and reconstituted the fragments into a series of ideas on different topics. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 June c27/1 Featherbrains can also count on enjoying Karen Shaw's variations on the theme of ‘less is more’, in which language, numbers and symbols are all put through the mincer to convivial effect. 1991 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 May 29 They need to have an idea of what they will be confronting. So, over the winter, we've put real pressure on, put them through the mincer. 2000 Financial Times (Nexis) 28 Dec. 10 The willingness to put old [cinematic] forms through modernist mincers was the year's most fascinating trend. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1587
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