fontange

[ fawn-tahnzh ]

noun

, plural fon·tanges [faw, n, -, tahnzh].

1. Often fontanges. commode ( def 4 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of fontange¹

1680–90; < French, named after Marie Angélique de Scorraille de Roussilles, Duchess of Fontanges (1661–81), mistress of Louis XIV

Example Sentences

She used to dress her hair with streaming ribbons, and hence this style of head-gear was called à la Fontange.

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Who is that brunette, with high color and her hair dressed la Fontange?

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Fontange, fong-tanzh′, n. a tall head-dress worn in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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On the other hand, tongues were loud and clamorous among the cordage of la Fontange.

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The whole broadside was then delivered into the stern of la Fontange, the last grapnel was released and the ships separated.

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