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▪ I. minty, a.2 and n. U.S. slang.|mɪntɪ|
Also mintie.
[Origin obscure; see quot 1941.]
A. adj. Of a man: homosexual, effeminate. Of a woman: lesbian (esp. in a masculine manner).
B. n. A homosexual person.
[1941G. Legman Lang. Homosexuality in G. W. Henry Sex Variants II. vii. 1171 Mantee, a female homosexual with very masculine characteristics. The etymology is obscure, although a French origin of an older form, mintée, seems probable.] 1965A. Lurie Nowhere City xvii. 187 That guy's so minty he gives me the creeps. 1974Amer. Speech 1971 XLVI. 81 Female homosexual,..minty. 1975Wentworth & Flexner's Dict. Amer. Slang Suppl. 723/2 Mintie, adj., homosexual; exhibiting or affecting mannerisms of the opposite sex; ‘gay’ or ‘queer’. n. A homosexual, esp. an aggressive or masculine Lesbian. 1981R. Spears Slang & Euphemism 254 Mintie. 1. A homosexual male, especially an effeminate male. Also minty. 2. Pertaining to a homosexual male. 3. A masculine lesbian.
▪ II. minty, a.|ˈmɪntɪ|
[f. mint n.2 + -y1.]
a. Abounding in mint.
b. Resembling the flavour of mint.
1878B. Taylor Deukalion iii. i. 98 Where the minty meadow breath makes cool Thine ardent brow. 1904Daily News 27 Dec. 10 Among the flavours avoided like the plague by every self-respecting blender [of tea] are those described in the trade as ‘herby’, ‘stemmy’, ‘mousy’, ‘minty’ [etc.]. |