fontange
[fawn-tahnzh]
- Often fontanges. commode(def 4).
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Origin of fontange
1680–90; < French, named after Marie Angélique de Scorraille de Roussilles, Duchess of Fontanges (1661–81), mistress of Louis XIV
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Fontange, fong-tanzh′, n. a tall head-dress worn in the 17th and 18th centuries.
There is no doubt that Fontange died by poison; she accused Montespan of being the cause of her death.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, CompleteElizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
He then turned his attention to her companion, Fontange, who was also very pretty, but not very sensible.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, CompleteElizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
The old woman feared there might be some among them to whom the King might take a fancy, as he had done to Ludre and Fontange.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, CompleteElizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans