mien [min] n.
1.) The air, bearing, carriage or manner of a person, as expressive of character or mood (Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed.).
Etymology: Alteration (influenced by French mine, appearance) of Middle English demeine, demeanor, from Old French demener, to behave.
"Folly, vice,
Extravagance in gesture, mien, and dress,
And all the strife of singularity,
Lies to the ear, and lies to every sense—
Of these, and of the living shapes they wear,
There is no end." (The Prelude, William Wordsworth, 1850).
34 comments:
Good old Wordsworth. I don't get to read a lot of him at present. There is something about rediscovering new old words that makes me smile. Thanks.
I hope to not carry to oppressive of a mien.
Cool word :D
This is interesting.
dont know if i ever use it
I like that you put the audio for this because I've been pronouncing it wrong.
Be sure not to walk around with a mean mien, eh?
oo , very interesting.. dunno where I would be without this blog teaching me new words everyday ! :D
A strange word mien. In German its my. Strange to see it used in this context.
poor william, he has no hair! :p
He looks kind of disappointed. ):
You make me realize my vocabulary is way too limited :(
People have told me that I have a light-hearted mien. Did I use it right? It seems weird. I read it often, and knew what it meant, but have never used it in a sentence myself. I'll try it out this week sometime.... :-) Hope I don't botch it up!
I don't think I can use that word propperly.
I've never heard this word before. I will definitely try to use it today, while making my coworker feel dumb.
This is a new one for me.
back to home? how was your trip :D
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Mien... new word for me too
@Dave i think you're thinking of "mein", which is unrelated.
I love the sound of this new word, E!
This post is both intriguing and fascinating, keep up the great work.
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That one I have used before!
Cool, dont know how to use it correctly still i shall find a use for it.
nice to know
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i like this word!
I read this word all the time but don't use it much. Great post!
never heard it used in real life
hey, you commented on my blog, "the philosophy of collective fucked-upness" well, it should be three syllables, but i couldent think of a better word, and give me some credit... i thought of that in 5 miniuts, and im only 16, i feel that my poems are generally well put.
Now that is an obscure word!
Our office has nasty mien!
thanks, i had never heard of that word before.
Very nice and interesting
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Interesting! M-e-i-n is a male possesive term in German :)
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