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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

WOTW: Mien

mien (noun):  a person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood.
Source: New Oxford American Dictionary

Found in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
"Every one in Starkfield knew him and gave him a greeting tempered to his own grave mien."

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