Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mincing one's words

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
minc-ing one's -words
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mince one's words

Questions

What does mincing one's words mean?
present participle and gerund of mince one's words

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