单词 | mignardise |
释义 | mignardisen. 1. Tenderness, gentleness; affected delicacy of behaviour or appearance; affectation. Also: an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy briding1566 mincedness1583 finicality1594 mignardise1603 mincing1623 finicalness1675 daintification1780 gingerliness1842 finicism1844 mincingness1853 preciosity1867 preciousness1884 the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [noun] > caressing treatment miniardizing1598 mignardise1603 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xiii. 636 The disdainfull churlishnesse wherewith they beate them, are but mignardizes and affectations of a motherly favour. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iii. i. 31 in Wks. II Entertaine her, and her creatures, too, With all the migniardise, and quaint Caresses, You can put on 'hem. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 118 So well attended by the gracefulness of his hand and foot, with the quaint miniardise of the rest of his body. 1689 H. Beeston in Vota Oxoniensia No..Patches and spots, No Mignardize of face at all From Spanish paper or from English gall. 1892 Scribner's Mag. 12 342 So in the midst of the Mignardise of Louis Quinze painting it is only superficially surprising to find a painter of the original force and flavor of Chardin. 1995 J. O'Brien Anacreon Redivivus 244 The thick veneer of mignardise covering Belleau's..translations. 2. A type of narrow braid on which a design of crochet border or edging is worked (more fully mignardise braid); also, the design of crochet border or edging worked on this braid. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > braid > specific parchment lace1542 lace1548 lacing1593 Naples lace1612 mignonette1721 struntain1793 French braid1809 lacet1822 Russia braid1825 Russian braid1839 soutache1856 mignardise1868 galloon1877 rickrack1880 Greek braid1894 vermicelli braid1904 tracing-braid1906 Paris binding1918 oak-leaf braid1934 1868 Mlle. E. Riego de la Branchardiere Raised Tatting Bk. 14 (heading) Micnardise [sic] edging. 1868 Mlle. E. Riego de la Branchardiere Raised Tatting Bk. 18 Make 28 patterns of the Mignardise edging, page 14, working the Beading the same. 1872 Young Englishwoman Nov. 606/2 A band ornamented with hem-stitch and a mignardise braid. 1873 Young Englishwoman June 302/1 For this larger rosette commence with the centre star by joining the ends of a length of mignardise. a1889 Weldon's Practical Crochet (1974) 4/2 Mignardese Border. Procure a piece of mignardese braid and crochet cotton No. 18 or No. 20. Commence with 1 treble in the first picot of the braid. 1930 tr. T. de Dillmont Encycl. Needlework (rev. ed.) 352 Begin by picking up all the picots along both sides of three rows of mignardise... The rows of crochet in between consist of: 1 treble on one chain, 3 chain, skip two picots of the mignardise.., and so on. 1933 C. Garnett tr. L. Tolstoy Anna Karenina I. iv. xix. 460 The English governess..was sitting near the boy, knitting mignardise. 1984 P. Turner Crochet (1990) 9/2 The group of laces known as needle-made lace..includes some of the more familiar names used to describe crochet patterns. For example, Reticella, Filet, Mignardaise and Venetian... English-point..and Mignardaise use hand-made braids to form the basis of their patterns. 1987 M. Konior Heritage Crochet iv. 30/1 Braided crochet has been a recurrent fashion since mid-Victorian times... There was formerly a wide range of choice [of machine-made braids].., such as..Picot-edged Mignardise braids, and Rice or Coronation braids. 3. Chiefly U.S. A fancy cake or similar sweet confection, usually served at the end of a meal. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > fancy cake fancy1891 fancy cake1912 mignardise1931 1931 H. Belloc in One Hundred & One Ballades 16 Elderly women full of Mignardises—The latest fruit of Adam's ancient sin. 1972 Econometrica 40 1 I begin by announcing the Menu. Appetizers p.1... Mignardises p.15. 1977 Time 28 Nov. 31/1 From the amuse-gueules to the mignardises, everything is exquisite, and so is the bill: $100 to $150 for two. 2000 N.Y. Mag. 1 May 9a/2 (advt.) Freshly baked scones, mignardises and teacakes..are sensational. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603 |
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