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Definition: Minx |
MinxNoun1. A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "minx" was first used: 1542. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a minx, denotes you will have sly enemies to overcome. If you kill one, you will win your desires. For a young woman to dream that she is partial to minx furs, she will find protection and love in some person who will be inordinately jealous. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MINX | English | Multimedia Information Network eXchange | Computer - Computer - Computer - (Atari) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MinxSynonyms: coquette (n), flirt (n), prickteaser (n), tease (n), vamp (n), vamper (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Blusterer | Puppy; (fop); prig; Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack-in-office; saucebox, malapert, jackanapes, minx;puppy; (fop); prig; Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack-in-office; saucebox, malapert, jackanapes, minx; bantam-cock. |
Libertine | Adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie; woman, woman of the town; streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece; frail sisterhood; demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, minx, harridan; unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman; woman of easy virtue; (unchaste); wanton, fornicatress; Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette; demimonde; chippy; sapphist; spiritual wife; white slave. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Minx |
| Specialty definitions using "minx": Eavesdrop ♦ linear program. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Vanessa has a fantastic body, I bet she shags like a minx. (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Minx (1969) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Minx. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself. A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free -- The subject engaging them was she. "I think," said one, "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed her ear. "I will not stay," she said, with a pout, "To hear my character lied about!" Gopete Sherany |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Minx" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Minx" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.71% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 10.71% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "minx": little minx. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "minx": she-minx. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
minx | 122 | breed cat minx | 3 |
minx movie | 99 | minx raymi | 3 |
hillman minx | 22 | minx picture tiffany | 3 |
cat minx | 15 | minx manor | 3 |
1947 hillman minx | 14 | forum minx | 3 |
minx wetlook | 11 | minx picture | 3 |
minx model | 10 | minx girl | 3 |
minx pic tiffany | 5 | minx movie wetlook | 2 |
chicago minx | 5 | asian minx | 2 |
katja minx | 5 | minx wet | 2 |
jaded minx | 4 | tifanny minx | 2 |
kitten minx | 4 | breeder minx | 2 |
forum minx wetlook | 4 | minx teen | 2 |
gallery minx tiffany | 4 | minx tyffany | 2 |
minx video | 4 | hillman manual minx | 2 |
mini minx wetlook | 3 | feline minx | 2 |
free minx pic tiffany | 3 | free minx movie mpeg tiffany | 2 |
animal minx | 3 | minx palace show | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "minx"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vajzë e pacipë, vajzë e hedhur (filly, hoyden), grua mendjelehtë (hare-brained woman, jilt, light-o'-love). (various references) | |
Arabic | فتاة وقحة (chit, hussy), فتاة رعناء. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хитруша, кокетка (coquette, flirt, jilt, kitten, puss), нахалница (hussy, huzzy, quean), палавница, дявол (demon, devil, fiend, hell-hound, scamp). (various references) | |
Czech | rozpustilá dívka. (various references) | |
French | friponne, espiègle. (various references) | |
German | Range (brat, romp, tomboy, urchin). (various references) | |
Greek | σουσουράδα (wagtail), ζωηρό κορίτσι, αυθάδησ κόρη. (various references) | |
Hebrew | א"ב"ב ית, ער" קלת "עת. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kokett leány, kikapós nõ. (various references) | |
Italian | ragazza sfacciata (quean), civetta (coquette, hussy, jilt, owl, owlet). (various references) | |
Manx | byddage (brazen woman, strumpet, whore), bwoidage, buiddage. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inxmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mulher -toa, moça atrevida, sirigaita. (various references) | |
Romanian | obrãznicãturã, fatã obraznicã, fatã nebunaticã, fatã neastâmpãratã, cochetã (coquette, flirt, jilt). (various references) | |
Russian | дерзкая девчонка (clip, hussy, huzzy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | drska devojka, bezobrazna devojka. (various references) | |
Spanish | muchacha descarada, marta (marten, pine marten, sable), fresca (fast, fresh air), bribona. (various references) | |
Swedish | näbbgädda (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, needlefish, sea gar, sea needle). (various references) | |
Turkish | sürtük (bimbo, slattern, tramp, trollop), fingirdek kız (jade, kitten, quean). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кокетка (coquette, flirt, jilt, puss), зухвале дівчисько (a saucy bit, hussy), пустуха. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người đ n b lăng lo n (termagant, vixen), người đ n b chua ngoa người đ n b lẳng lơ. (various references) | |
Welsh | coegen (coquette). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | minnekijn. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "minx": minxes, minxish. (additional references) | |
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"Minx" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: binx, Eminox, iixxx, inx, magx, Manix, maux, mia, mijn, minc, minex, minexp, minf, ming, mings, minix, minn, mino, Minox, Minw, minxs, miox, mixa, mixo, mixy, monax, Monix, munx, myc, myng, mynx, rinx. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-n-x" | |
-1 letter: mix, nim, nix. | |
-2 letters: in, mi, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-n-x" | |
+1 letter: unmix. | |
+2 letters: meninx, minxes, mixing, unmixt. | |
+3 letters: examine, maximin, minimax, minxish, taximan, taximen, unmixed, unmixes. | |
+4 letters: admixing, anoxemia, anoxemic, bemixing, examined, examinee, examiner, examines, exhuming, exonumia, hexamine, immixing, intermix, maximins, monaxial, monoxide, panmixes, panmixia, panmixis, remixing, unmixing. | |
+5 letters: affixment, anoxemias, climaxing, commixing, endomixis, examinant, examinees, examiners, examining, exampling, exanimate, exciseman, excisemen, exempting, exemption, extermine, hexamines, minimaxes, minoxidil, monoxides, mycotoxin, panmixias, polymyxin, premixing, reexamine, sixteenmo, tamoxifen, taxonomic, unmixable. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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