name, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To lessen or cause to seem to be less. archaic

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Irish.

Synonyms

All synonyms

decreasediminishdiminishlessenreduce

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English menuse, from Middle French menusier, from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre.

Etymology 2

Variant of McNeese.

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