blancmange

American  

[bluh-mahnj, -mahnzh] / bləˈmɑndʒ, -ˈmɑ̃ʒ /

noun

1. a sweet pudding prepared with almond milk and gelatin and flavored with rum or kirsch.

2. a sweet, white pudding made with milk and cornstarch and flavored with vanilla.

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blancmange British  

/ bləˈmɒnʒ /

noun

1. a jelly-like dessert, stiffened usually with cornflour and set in a mould

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Etymology

Origin of blancmange

1350–1400; apocopated variant of Middle English blancmanger < Middle French: literally, white eating. See blank, manger

Example Sentences

However, he also recalls the "nightmare" that was liver and bacon with cabbage, followed by pink blancmange.

From BBC

With 19 minutes left, he went into turbo charge and Gvardiol, one of the costliest and most composed defenders in English football, suddenly had the steadiness of a blancmange.

From BBC

For dessert, he served "gold, frankincense and myrrh blancmanges" topped with honeycomb, pistachio and liquorice crumb, which judge John Torode described as "delightful".

From BBC

The Guardian likened it to a home for very large Teletubbies; Prince Charles, a longtime critic of modernism, described it as a “monstrous blancmange.”

From New York Times

No matter how aesthetically pleasing this may be to the kind of people who feel nostalgic for blancmange and corporal punishment in schools.

From The Guardian