mint

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.

   That house is worth a mint.

2. 2
   noun

   Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

   A mint of phrases in his brain.

3. 3
   verb

   To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.

   For some time past the legal currency in the various Provinces has been insufficient for use. Formerly the two Provinces of Fuchien and Kuangtung minted some large, round copper coins of excellent workmanship that were said, by the people after they were put into circulation, to be convenient.

4. 4
   verb

   To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

   Titles […] as may appeare to be easily minted

5. 5
   verb

   To create a crypto token.

   Beeple’s collaged JPG was made, or “minted,” in February as a “nonfungible token,” or NFT.

6. 6
   adj

   Ellipsis of mint condition: like new.

   Most of my collection is near mint, but these ones here are mint.

7. 7
   adj

   Very good, excellent.

   And my God, what a house it was – it was mint! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place.

8. 8
   adj

   as if new

Etymology

From Middle English minten, from Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *muntijan (“to think, consider”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mintsje, muntsje (“to aim, target”), Dutch munten (“to aim at, target”), German Low German münten (“to aim at”), German münzen (“to aim at”), Dutch monter (“cheerful, gladsome, spry”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns, “thought, opinion”), Old English munan (“to be mindful of, consider, intend”). More at mind.