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migniard
† migniard, a. and n. Obs. Also 7 mignard, miniard, Sc. minȝeard. [a. F. mignard; related to mignon.] A. adj. Dainty; mincing; caressing.1599 Jas. I βασιλ. Δωρον iii. (1603) 107 In the forme of your meat-eating, be neither vnciuill..nor affectatlie mignarde. Ibid. iii. 115 In your language be plaine...
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† migniardize, v. Obs. Also 7 miniardize. [f. migniard + -ize.] trans. To make (language) affected in character; to treat (a person) caressingly. Hence migniardized ppl. a., migniardizing vbl. n.1598 Florio, Vezzo, a wantonnes, a quaintnes, a squeamishnes, a dandling, a dalliance, a wantonizing, a m...
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