Definitions for minivers

minivers min·i·ver

Spelling: [min-uh-ver]
IPA: /ˈmɪn ə vər/

Minivers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 198 anagrams from letters in minivers (eiimnrsv).

Definitions for minivers

noun

  1. (in the Middle Ages) a fur of white or spotted white and gray used for linings and trimmings. Compare vair (def 1).
  2. any white fur, particularly that of the ermine, used especially on robes of state.

Origin of minivers

1250-1300; Middle English meniver Middle French menu vair small vair; see menu

Examples for minivers

Ann Veronica came in with a certain disregard of Miss miniver.

Ann Veronica sat with her chin on her hand, red-lit and saying little, and Miss miniver discoursed.

A rich cloak of fur turned up with miniver drooped from his shoulders.

Miss miniver learned of her flight and got her address from the Widgetts.

Miss miniver followed with an expression of perplexity, her mouth shaped to futile expositions.

"Thousands of women have married merely for freedom," said Miss miniver.

"There's a deal of wisdom in those old sayings," quoth Mistress miniver.

Mrs. miniver played with a well-sized bunch of keys that hung from her girdle.

Miss miniver looked over her glasses at her friend almost balefully.

The sleeves are of black velvet; the hoods are of miniver, and are passed on from Proctor to Proctor.

Word Value for minivers
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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