mignonne

American  

[min-yon, mee-nyawn] / mɪnˈjɒn, miˈnjɔn /

adjective

1. small and delicate.

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noun

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

Etymology

Origin of mignonne

1550–60; < French, feminine of mignon mignon

Example Sentences

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mignonne

"What?" turning from the window to watch the lovely mignonne face still bent in contemplation of the lilies.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

Ethel remained standing: her pretty mignonne figure was motionless; her bright face was thoughtful and overcast.

From Brooke's Daughter A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

“Oh, my father!” said she, untwining herself from the colonel’s embrace, though she still nestled up close to him, as she stared at me shyly, with a puzzled look on her mignonne face.

From The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea by Henry Austin

It is surprising that such an essentially artistic people as Americans should so neglect an art which a great French writer calls the "science mignonne of all distinguished men of the world."

From Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen by Catherine Owen

And that sigh too, I think, is not altogether disagreeable; but something charmante and mignonne.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden