anglaise

[ ahng-gleyz, -glez ]

noun

1. an old English country-dance.
2. a dance form in quick duple time, occasionally constituting part of an 18th-century instrumental suite.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anglaise¹

< French, feminine of anglais English

Example Sentences

Pastry chef Genesis Flores uses a ceramic plateau to present her gold leaf-garnished, mascarpone-filled eclair, over which a server pours a stream of coffee anglaise.

From Washington Post

Serving suggestion: Ice cream and Cinnamon Crème Anglaise (page 163) are also suitable toppings.

From The Daily Beast

He was planning again a book on Byron, and asks for Taine's critique of him 217 in his Littrature anglaise.

From Project Gutenberg

What he had mainly in mind was to say to the old actress that she had been mistaken—the jeune Anglaise wasn't such a grue.

From Project Gutenberg

She was a jeune Anglaise—a "lady" withal—very earnest about artistic, about remunerative problems.

From Project Gutenberg

Jarry, Le compte de l'armée anglaise, proofs and illustrations v, p. 233.

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Pierre Sureau's account in Jarry, Le compte de l'armée anglaise, proofs and illustrations, no.

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