mignonne

[min-yon, mee-nyawn]

adjective

1. small and delicate.

noun

1. (initial capital letter),  Also a female given name.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mignonne¹

1550–60; < French, feminine of mignon mignon

Example Sentences

“Yet it’s equally dangerous when you don’t take the drug,” Mignonne said in an interview.

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In Migina, an entertainment area in the capital, Kigali, Mignonne acts as a leader of 60 sex workers, reminding colleagues with HIV to take their antiretroviral therapy and visit health centers every month.

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The range of chemicals that vapers are exposed to is dazzling, says Mignonne Guy, a biobehavioural researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

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But that heating process changes the chemical composition of the liquid, says Mignonne Guy, a biobehavioural researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

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François goes into mignonne hyperdrive as Rose, a secretary who is pretty and hopeless and pretty hopeless – but gosh, she can type fast: on the French Azerty keyboard, naturally.

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