mint

I. noun Etymology: Middle English minte, from Old English, from Latin mentha, menta; akin to Greek minthē mint Date: before 12th century 1. any of a family (Labiatae, the mint family) of aromatic plants with a square stem and a 4-lobed ovary which produces four one-seeded nutlets in fruit; especially any of a genus (Mentha) of mints that have white, purple, or pink verticillate flowers with a nearly regular corolla and four equal stamens and that include some used in flavoring and cookery 2. a confection flavored with mint • minty adjective II. noun Etymology: Middle English mynt coin, money, from Old English mynet, from Latin moneta mint, coin, from Moneta, epithet of Juno; from the fact that the Romans coined money in the temple of Juno Moneta Date: 15th century 1. a place where coins, medals, or tokens are made 2. a place where something is manufactured 3. a vast sum or amount <

worth a mint

> III. transitive verb Date: circa 1520 1. to make (as coins) out of metal ; coin 2. create, produce 3. to cause to attain an indicated status <

newly minted doctors

> • minter noun IV. adjective Date: 1902 unmarred as if fresh from a mint <

in mint condition

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