mense
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
Definition of mense
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Property, owndom; possessions.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Property, owndom; possessions.
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(UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)Decency; propriety; civility.
“... But never a soul had the mense to come near them,[…]”
“Little mense to the cheeks to bite aff the nose[…]”
“For she had baked a crumpie cake And butter scones, for mense's sake, To entertain her lodger.”
“Be seen with men of mense, but turn aside From swicks and sweeps, the silly and the low […]”
“... ye'll hae the sense and the mense to keep a calm sough,[…]”
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(UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A large amount.
“There is not a mense of snow in "smoky Leeds,"”
“He has a mense o' pure nonsense,”
verb
- To adorn, bring honour to; grace.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old English mennisċu (“the human condition, humanity”) and/or Old Norse menska (“humanity”). More at mennish, mensch.
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