mense

[ mens ]

/ mɛns /

British Dialect

noun

propriety; discretion.

verb (used with object), mensed, mens·ing.

to adorn; bring honor to; grace.

Origin of mense

1490–1500; variant (north) of mensk,Middle English menske courtesy, honor <Old Norse menska humanity, cognate with Old English menniscu literally, the human state; akin to mensch. See man, -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM mense

menseful, adjectivemenseless, adjective

Words nearby mense

Menotti, men's, mensa, mensal, mensch, mense, menservants, menses, Menshevik, mens rea, men's room

Example sentences from the Web for mense

(from whose work I take the extract), the following passage occurs, under the head "Mense Januario."
Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850|Various
An idle taistrill is t' sparrow, wi' nowther sense nor mense in his head.
More Tales of the Ridings|Frederic Moorman
Mense′ful, decorous: respectable; Mense′less, graceless, uncivil.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
They's not nice gemmans at all to s'pect little folkses like us to carry such a drefful 'mense, 'normous, big box same as this.
Mary's Rainbow|Mary Edward Feehan

In Mense's Handbuch der Tropenkrankheiten, i, p. 263-283, pls.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley

单词	mense
释义	mense [ mens ] / mɛns / British Dialect noun propriety; discretion. verb (used with object), mensed, mens·ing. to adorn; bring honor to; grace. Origin of mense 1490–1500; variant (north) of mensk,Middle English menske courtesy, honor <Old Norse menska humanity, cognate with Old English menniscu literally, the human state; akin to mensch. See man, -ish¹ OTHER WORDS FROM mense menseful, adjectivemenseless, adjective Words nearby mense Menotti, men's, mensa, mensal, mensch, mense, menservants, menses, Menshevik, mens rea, men's room Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mense (from whose work I take the extract), the following passage occurs, under the head "Mense Januario." Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850\|Various An idle taistrill is t' sparrow, wi' nowther sense nor mense in his head. More Tales of the Ridings\|Frederic Moorman Mense′ful, decorous: respectable; Mense′less, graceless, uncivil. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)\|Various They's not nice gemmans at all to s'pect little folkses like us to carry such a drefful 'mense, 'normous, big box same as this. Mary's Rainbow\|Mary Edward Feehan In Mense's Handbuch der Tropenkrankheiten, i, p. 263-283, pls. Handbook of Medical Entomology\|William Albert Riley
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