Mien
[meen] /min/
noun
1.
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
a man of noble mien.
/miːn/
noun
1.
(literary) a person’s manner, bearing, or appearance, expressing personality or mood: a noble mien
noun
appearance, bearing; manner
Word Origin
shortening and alteration of demean
n.
“facial expression,” 1510s, probably a shortening of Middle English demean “bearing, demeanor” (see demeanor) and influenced by Middle French mine “appearance, facial expression,” which is of unknown origin, possibly Celtic (cf. Breton min “beak, muzzle, nose,” Irish men “mouth”).
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