different between menseless vs mense

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots menseless, equivalent to mense +? -less.

Adjective

menseless

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) destitute of grace, propriety, or moderation; uncivil; immoderate
2. (Ulster) ill-bred

Antonyms

• menseful

Scots

Etymology

mense +? -less

Adjective

menseless

1. unmannerly, ill-bred, stupid, foolish, greedy, grasping

English

Etymology

From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old Norse menska (“humanity”). Cognate with Old English menniscu (“the human condition, humanity”). More at mennish, mensch.

Noun

mense (plural menses)

1. Property, owndom; possessions.
2. (Britain, dialect) manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility

Derived terms

• menseful
• menseless

Verb

mense (third-person singular simple present menses, present participle mensing, simple past and past participle mensed)

1. To adorn, bring honour to; grace.

Anagrams

• Semen, menes, mesen, mesne, neems, semen

Afrikaans

Noun

mense

1. plural of mens: people

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?nsa. Compare the inherited doublet moise, which acquired a technical sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??s/

Noun

mense f (plural menses)

1. (archaic) table
2. Ecclesiastical revenue, especially that of an abbey

Related terms

• commensal

Further reading

• “mense” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin mensis (“month”).

Noun

mense (plural menses)

1. month

See also

• januario
• februario
• martio
• april
• maio
• junio
• julio
• augusto
• septembre
• octobre
• novembre
• decembre

Italian

Noun

mense f

1. plural of mensa

Latin

Noun

m?nse

1. ablative singular of m?nsis

Anagrams

• semen