mignardise

English

Etymology

Noun

mignardise (plural mignardises)

A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.

Anagrams

maderising, misreading, sidearming

French

Etymology

From mignard +‎ -ise.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miɲaʁdiz/

Noun

mignardise f (plural mignardises)

(literary) pretense
preciousness, affectation

Further reading

“mignardise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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