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fontange
[ fawn-tahnzh ]
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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
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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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