Minotaur (minotar)

[ that attributed to the Cretan monster. And by his [These us's] baner born is his penoun Of gold ful riche, in which ther was i-bete The Minotaur which that he slough in Crete. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 122. minsitivet, a. [Appar. irreg. Never say, your lordship, nor your honour; but you, and you, my lord, and my lady: the other they count too sim ple and minsitive. B. Jonson , Poetaster, iv. 1.