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mincing words

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
minc-ing -words
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mince words

Questions

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

How to pronounce mincing words

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