ming

Destiny, fate.

Noun Ireland, UK

  1. A mixture.
  2. The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.
    • 17 September 1811, [Description of] Counterpart of Demise from John Thorold to John Wilson of Grantham, Lincolnshire Archives, Ref. Thor 1/2/ZA25/4 Published by The National Archives, Accessed 19 June 2022. Property: 1....

Origin

From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“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.

Forms

mings minge meng

Noun Entry 2

  1. Destiny, fate.

Origin

From Chinese 命 (mìng, “destiny, fate; luck”).

Verb archaic

  1. To mix, blend, mingle.
    • I founde here and there litle peces of marquesites and stones, menged with copper, but I could by no sense or wit perceyue, that the bathes had any notable qualitie thereof. - 1562, William Turner, Baths:

    Synonyms: bemingle combine mang meddle admix amalgamate blend commingle intermingle intermix involve ming mingle mix mix up

  2. To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
    • the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...]. - 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […],...
  3. To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

Forms

mings minging minged meint ment meynt minge meng

Verb Ireland, UK

  1. To be unattractive (person or object).
  2. To be foul-smelling.

Origin

Backformation from minging.

Forms

mings minging minged

Related

minger minging

Verb obsolete, transitive

  1. To speak of, to mention.

Origin

From Middle English mingen, mengen, mungen, muneȝen, from Old English myngian, mynegian, ġemynegian (“to bring to mind, have in mind”), from myne (“mind”), from ġemunan (“to remember”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Merged in Middle English with Old English ġemyndgian (“to remember, be mindful, remind, intend, commemorate, mention, exhort, impel, warn, demand payment”). More at mind.

Forms

mings minging minged minge