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mingei | minged |

As a noun mingei

is a japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.

As a verb minged is

(ming).

mingei

English

(wikipedia mingei)

Noun

(-)
  • A Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 23, author=William L. Hamilton, title=Tatsuzo Shimaoka, 88, Master of Pottery, Is Dead, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He studied industrial ceramics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, inspired by a visit to the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in 1938, where he encountered mingei philosophy, and its objects, for the first time. }}

    minged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ming)

    • ming

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mingen, mengen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * minge, meng

    Verb

  • To mix, blend, mingle.
  • (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ii:
    • the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].
  • (UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mixture.

    • Etymology 2

    Backformation from (minging).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
  • (British, slang) To be foul smelling.
    • Related terms
    * minger * minging

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) mingen, mengen, mungen, . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To speak of; mention; tell; relate.
  • To speak; tell; talk; discourse.
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