Careful Words

mince (n.)

mince (v.)

Mince the matter.

Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3.

  I was so free with him as not to mince the matter.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. The Author's Preface.