mens

noun 4

Collocations

MENS + NOUN

hearts, sands

The sands of time slip away, but a good mens hearts remain unchanged.

PREP.

She had a sharp mind and kept a clear head on mens rea matters during the trial.

Definitions

noun

Alternative form of men (“plural of man”).

Obsolete form of men's.

Mens hearts failing them for feare, and for looking after those things which are comming on the earth; For the powers of heauen shall be shaken.

A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory Of calling shapes, and beckning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable mens names On Sands, and Shoars, and desert Wildernesses.

Misspelling of men's.

noun

Clipping of menstruation.

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Mens hearts failing them for feare, and for looking after those things which are comming on the earth; For the powers of heauen shall be shaken.

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A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory Of calling shapes, and beckning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable mens names On Sands, and Shoars, and desert Wildernesses.

Wiktionary

Bring candid Eyes unto the peruſal of mens works, and let not Zoiliſm or Detraction blaſt well intended labours.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, mens is marked as obsolete, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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