minted
simple past tense and past participle of mint
minted (comparative more minted, superlative most minted)
made into coinage; coined
flavoured with mint
(chiefly, British, Irish, slang) wealthy
Source: Wiktionary
Mint, n. Etym: [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
Note: Corn mint is Mentha arvensis.
– Horsemint is M. sylvestris, and in the United States Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in several respects.
– Mountain mint is any species of the related genus Pycnanthemum, common in North America.
– Peppermint is M. piperita.
– Spearmint is M. viridis.
– Water mint is M. aquatica. Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.
– Mint julep. See Julep.
– Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
Mint, n. Etym: [AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint, coined money, fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin to monere to warn, admonish, AS. manian, and to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Money, Monition.]
1. A place where money is coined by public authority.
2. Hence: Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself. A mint of phrases in his brain. Shak.
Mint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minting.] Etym: [AS. mynetian.]
1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.
2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. Titles... of such natures as may be easily minted. Bacon. Minting mill, a coining press.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
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