2. To speak or to walk in a prim and fastidious manner: When the children were playing make-believe, they liked to mince their words to sound like grownups.
Because of the ice, Sally had to mince her way across the street to avoid falling.
2. Candies or confections that have a strong, distinctive, and refreshing flavor: Janine has chocolate mints for an after-dinner treat.
3. Locations where money or medals are coined: There are two mints located in our city; unfortunately they do not give away free samples.
The recipe said to mince the mints before adding them to the mixture. A woman was making a new delicacy to take on a picnic where she and her friends were going to listen to a speech about why the city needed two new mints to replace an older one; in addition, she took several refreshing mints to savor and to share with her friends.
2. A vast amount; especially, of money: Randolph made a mint in oil investments.
3. In philately with reference to a stamp, being in its original, unused condition.
4. Unused or appearing to be newly made and never used: The book was advertised as being in mint condition.
5. Any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
6. Soft or hard confection, often shaped like a wafer, that is usually flavored with peppermint.
7. Any of various flavored hard candies packaged as a roll of small round wafers.
8. Made or flavored with mint; such as, mint tea.
What does mint (#1 above) have to do with monstro words?
According to legend, during a war when the Romans were hard pressed for the means to carry on their campaign, they appealed to the goddess Juno for aid.
They were told that their cause was just and therefore that their resources would be replenished and made ample for their needs. In appreciation for the victory that followed, we are told, the Romans then erected a temple to Juno, giving it the name Moneta, "the adviser".
It was in this temple, according to historical records, that in the year 269 B.C., silver coins were first produced by the Romans. These coins, from their place of coinage, were henceforth commonly given the name moneta, to distinguish them from the earlier copper coins.
It is from this word, through corruptions in sound and spelling in Old French, that we have obtained both our terms money and mint.
From the uncorrupted Latin moneta came the Latin monetarius, "pertaining to the mint", from which we have derived our word monetary.