minx

Perhaps from Middle Low German minsk (“wench, hussy”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /mɪŋks/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋks

minx (plural minxes)

1. A pert, flirtatious or impudent young woman.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act 4, Scene 1

     This is some minx's token, and I must take out the work?

2. (obsolete) A female puppy; a pet dog.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nicholas Udall to this entry?)

• minxish

minx (third-person singular simple present minxes, present participle minxing, simple past and past participle minxed)

1. To behave in a flirtatious and impudent manner.
   • 2001, Alan Bissett, Damage Land: New Scottish Gothic Fiction, →ISBN, page 60:

     Alison might have, if she hadn't minxed herself out of a job.

   • 2013, Norm Sibum, The Traymore Rooms: A Novel in Five Parts, →ISBN, page 261:

     Moonface minxed and flashed her red nails like a dancer, chameleon that she was.

   • 2014, Kelly Brook, Close Up, →ISBN:

     Sadly, I was the one minxing around, so I was inevitably going to meet a horrible death.

2. To make or become like a minx.
   • 2012, Explore Australia Publishing, Hide & Seek Melbourne 2, →ISBN:

     Whether you're sipping fine bubbly from a crystal flute while having your nails minxed, or soaking in a heavenly milk bath, a visit to Miss Fox is your ticket to forget your worries and simply indulge.

See mink.

minx (plural minxes)

1. (obsolete) A mink.