word-mincer
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]word-mincer (plural word-mincers)
- Someone who minces words.
- 1921, Walter Winston Kenilworth, Practical Occultism:
- Life is too short to listen to word-mincers; they are simply philosophical gymnasts who might as easily disprove what they prove while using the same methods of argumentation.