Ming
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /mɪŋ/
Origin 1
From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan ("to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse"), from Proto-Germanic *mangijaną ("to mix, knead"), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- ("to rumple, knead"). Cognate with Dutch mengen ("to mix, blend, mingle"), German mengen ("to mix"), Danish mænge ("to rub"), Old English ġemang ("mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation"). More at among.
Full definition of ming
Verb
- (now rare) To mix, blend, mingle.
- (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:the old man ... him brought into a secret part,
Where that false couple were full closely ment
In wanton lust and lewd embracement .... - (UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
Origin 2
Backformation from minging.
Verb
- (British, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
- (British, slang) To be foul smelling.
Origin 3
From Middle English mingen, mengen, mungen, muneÈen, from Old English myngian, mynegian, Ä¡emynegian ("to bring to mind, have in mind"), from myne ("mind"), from Ä¡emunan ("to remember"), from Proto-Germanic *munanÄ… ("to think"), from Proto-Indo-European *men- ("to think"). Merged in Middle English with Old English Ä¡emyndgian ("to remember, be mindful, remind, intend, commemorate, mention, exhort, impel, warn, demand payment"). More at mind.