mense
noun
ˈmen(t)s 
chiefly Scotland
: propriety
menseless
ˈmen(t)s-ləs
adjective chiefly Scotland 
Word History
Etymology
Middle English menske honor, from Old Norse mennska humanity; akin to Old English man
First Known Use
circa 1500, in the meaning defined above
- oversweetnesses
- overswell
- overswelled
- overswelling
- overswells
- overswimming
- overswims
- overswing
- overswinging
- overswings
- overswum
- overswung
- overt
- propitiating
- propitiatingly
- propitiation
- propitiations
- propitiative
- propitiator
- propitiatories
- propitiatorily
- propitiators
- propitiatory
- propitious
- propitiously