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.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
