Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mincing"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Mincing
(Heb. taphoph, Isa. 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick
steps. Luther renders the word by "wag" or "waggle," thus
representing "the affected gait of coquettish females."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mincing \Min"cing\, a.
That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mincing
adj : affectedly dainty or refined [syn: {dainty}, {niminy-piminy},
{prim}, {twee}]
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