fontange

[fawn-tahnzh]

noun, plural fon·tanges

[fawn-tahnzh] /fɔ̃ˈtɑ̃ʒ/.

Often fontanges. commode(def 4).

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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Historical Examples of fontange

Fontange, fong-tanzh′, n. a tall head-dress worn in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
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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, Complete
Elizabeth-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, Complete
Elizabeth-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, Complete
Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans