Having the flavor or smell of mint; cool and refreshing.
From 'mint' (Old English 'minte,' from Latin 'mentha,' possibly from Greek 'menthe'), combined with '-y' meaning having the quality of. The plant has been used since ancient times for flavor and medicine.
Mint tastes cold because the menthol compound it contains doesn't actually lower temperature—it just tricks your cold-sensing nerves by activating the same receptors that fire when real ice touches your tongue!
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