blancmange

[ bluh-mahnj, -mahnzh ]

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.

blancmange

/ bləˈmɒnʒ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of blancmange¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of blancmange¹

C14: from Old French blanc manger , literally: white food

Example Sentences

Siouxsie Sioux, another female singer, gets it even worse, being described as a “blancmange.”

From The Daily Beast

At the very first steps of Peri we slipped about in all directions, like quivering fragments of blancmange.

From Project Gutenberg

From blancmange and eggs, flavoured with lemon peel and sweetened with sugar.

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From equal parts of blancmange and cream, sweetened, and flavoured.

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She snatched away their plates of mock something or other and slapped down a white, terrified blancmange.

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Cereals in the form of gruels or delicate puddings, as cornstarch blancmange and tapioca cream, are easily digested.

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