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Word of the Day – Mignardise

By April 11, 2020Word of the Day

Mignardise (noun)

min-jar-deez

Tenderness, gentleness; affected delicacy of behaviour or appearance; affectation.

Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Florio (1553–1625), author and teacher of languages. From Middle French, French mignardise from mignard + -ise.

Example sentences

“He has a tendency for the mignardise.”

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