myn en · NOUN · etymology 1
Meanings
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(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of mine.
alt of mine
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| myns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
myn en · ADJ · etymology 2
Meanings
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(alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete) Obsolete form of mean.
alt of mean
myn en · NOUN · etymology 2
Meanings
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(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of mean.
alt of mean
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| myns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
myn en · NOUN · etymology 3
Etymology
Respelling of men based on womyn, which was itself respelled so as to be spelled differently from men.
Meanings
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(humorous, plural, plural-only, rare) Feminist spelling of men (plural of man)
[…] the 12th Gulf Coast Womyn's Festival is here. (Once again, myn are strictly forbidden.) The weekend-long event holds the promise of craft markets, acoustic folk sing-alongs, and Southern-food potlucks.
2000 April, Out, volume 8, number 10, page 54:I do not expect to be included in all 'womyn space' (nor, truth be told, do I wish to be). But if the choice is between womyn space and myn space, I sure as heck do not belong in the latter.
2005, Lisa Lees, Fragments of Gender, →ISBN, page 30:Old Yeller — Senior animal companion of color. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — One of the monocultural oppressed womyn confronts the vertically challenged. Men at Arms — The myn are at it again.
1994, John Leo, Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police, →ISBN, page 41: