mincing vs run-down

mincing

adj

  • Affectedly dainty. 

noun

  • The act by which something is minced. 

  • Affected dainty speech or movement. 

run-down

adj

  • Decrepit. 

  • Having the spring unwound. 

  • Tired and exhausted. 

How often have the words mincing and run-down occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )