mien
noun/miːn/
/miːn/
[singular] (formal or literary)- a person’s appearance or manner that shows how they are feeling
- I was impressed by her calm mien.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably from French mine ‘expression’, influenced by obsolete demean ‘bearing, demeanour’.Want to learn more?
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