Min

From minute.

Abbreviation

abbreviation

1. Alternative form of min."Dinner's ready, darling!" "Be there in a min!"

From Middle English min, from Old English min ("less", also "small, mean, evil, vile, harmful"), from Proto-Germanic *minniz ("less"), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)mey- ("small, little"). Cognate with Scots min ("less, lesser"), West Frisian min ("small, bad"), Dutch min ("less, small"), Low German minn ("small, low, lean"), German minder ("less"), Icelandic minna ("less"), Latin minus ("less").

Alternative forms

• myn, minne, mynne

Full definition of min

Adjective

1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Less.
• Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)The more and the minne

From Middle English, from Old Norse minni ("memory"), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją ("memory, remembrance"), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- ("to think"). Related to Icelandic minni ("memory"), German Minne ("love"). More at mine.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.... and faith I've done that same and found me min; ... — Joshiah Gilbet Holland, "Sevenoaks", 1875

From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna ("to bring to mind"), from minni ("memory"). See above.

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To bring to the mind of; remind.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To remember.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To mention.

Abbreviation of minimum.

Noun

1. minimum"He's gotta be at least 60, min!"

Antonyms

• max

Anagrams

• nim
• NMI