mignonetten.

Brit.

/ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/, U.S.

/ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/

Forms: 1700s mennuet, 1700s mignionet, 1700s mignonet, 1700s minianet, 1700s minionet, 1700s minionett, 1700s minionette, 1700s minunet, 1700s– mignionette, 1700s– mignonette, 1800s mignonnette; Scottish 1800s minnonette, 1900s– meeninit.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mignonnette.

Etymology: < French mignonnette type of fabric (1697), type of lace (1699 in Le Mercure Galant, cited in F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace (1865) 31), reseda (see quot. 1752 at sense 2a and also quot. 1820 at sense 2a; used earlier of other plants), use as noun of feminine of Middle French mignonnet adjective, ‘nice, gentle’ (c1480) < mignon (see minion adj.) + -et , diminutive suffix (compare -et suffix¹).

a. A type of fine French bobbin lace made in narrow strips and having the consistency of tulle. Occasionally more fully mignonette lace. Now historical.

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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

1721 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. June (1965) II. 6 Lady Stafford desires you would buy one Suit of minunet for head and ruffles at Boileau's.

1755 N.Y. Gaz. 5 May 3/1 (advt.) To sell for ready Money or short Credit, the following Goods, Mechlin and Brussels Lace,..flowered Minionet, [etc.].

1759 Pennsylvania Gaz. 18 Jan. 5/1 A neat assortment of Brussels, Mecklin and minionet laces and footings.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 170 Laces of Mechlin or minionette.

1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iii. 30 The laces known at that period [1665] were—..5. Mignonette.—A light, fine, pillow lace... This lace was..at times in high favour..for head-dresses and other trimmings.

1900 E. Jackson Hist. Hand-made Lace 182 Mignonette was a narrow lace, never exceeding two or three inches... Mignonette pattern is still largely made.

1983 S. M. Levey Lace v. 55 Mignonette, the most important variety,..was made widely but the main centres of its production were in the Paris area and in Normandy.

1999 Encycl. Brit. Online (Version 99.1) at Arras In the 19th century Arras produced a light variety of lace called mignonette.

b. A cotton lawn made in France. More fully mignonette lawn or mignonette linen. Occasionally also used for fine cloth of other materials.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > other types of

masclea1425

pomet1582

loop-lace1632

colbertinea1685

coxcomb1693

trolly-lolly1693

trolly1699

piece lace1702

mignonette1751

web lace1795

guard-lace1804

Antwerp lace1811

warp-lace1812

cardinal lace1842

guipure1843

run lace1843

Shetland lace1848

lacis1865

pot lace1865

reticella1865

tape guipure1865

quadrille1884

reticello1895

tambour-lace1899

rosaline1900

ring net1901

tracing-lace1901

shadow lace1914

1751 Pennsylvania Gaz. 5 Dec. 2/2 (advt.) Just imported from London and Bristol,..broad and narrow fine lawns in pieces and patches, mignionet lawns, check'd, spotted and flower'd lawns.

1762 London Chron. 18 Feb. 167/3 The Ranelagh Mob..is a piece of Gauze, Minionett,..which is clouted about the head, then crossed under the chin, and brought to fasten behind, the two ends hanging down like a pair of pigions [sic] tails.

1773 M. Rishton Let. in Early Diary Frances Burney (1907) I. 201 R..wanted me to buy a suit of mignionet linnen fringed for second mourning—but my economy prevaild over that.

1922 Today's Housewife Aug. 21/1 (caption) A dress that is extremely flattering to your figure, because of its lines—and its fabric—Drop-Stitch Fibre Silk Mignonette, similar to tricolette.

a. A plant, Reseda odorata (family Resedaceae), native to North Africa and cultivated for its spikelike racemes of inconspicuous but fragrant yellowish-white flowers. Also with unmarked plural, and figurative.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > mignonette

mignonette1785

1752 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (1759) at Reseda 6. Reseda foliis integris trilobisque... Bastard-rocket..commonly called sweet Reseda, or Mignonette d'Egypt.]

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xx. 286 Sweet Reseda or Mignionette has oblong leaves, some of which are entire.

1787 W. Beckford Spanish Jrnl. 13 Dec. (1954) 288 Large vases of mignonette and rose-trees in full bloom.

1799 H. Davy in T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 154 A small plant of Minianet in a state of healthy vegetation.

1820 Trans. Hort. Soc. London 3 178 With Lord Bateman [who sent the seed from France in 1742] the appellation of Mignonette originated;..he gave to it this name of endearment, by which it is not known in France.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Prol. 9 They..miss'd the mignonette of Vivian-place, The little hearth-flower Lilia.

1883 Harper's Mag. July 167/2 Boxes of nasturtions and mignonette stand on the sills.

1901 F. Norris Octopus i. iv. 156 The perfumes of the magnolia flowers, of the mignonette borders, of the crumbling walls.

1951 S. H. Bell December Bride ii. vii. 122 In the lawn beside it grew clove-lilies, mignonette, sweet william and verbena.

1990 Org. Gardening Dec. 24/1 Polyanthus, the unusual wildflower bugle and mignonette also have strong butterfly appeal.

b. Usually with distinguishing word: any of various other plants belonging to the genus Reseda or resembling it in some way.Jamaica, tree, wild mignonette: see the first element.

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1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica II. 513 Reseda lutea... Wild Mignonette, or Base Rocket.

1865 G. Bentham Illustr. Brit. Flora I. 90 White Mignionette. Reseda alba, Linn.

1884 W. Miller Eng. Names Plants 86/1 Mignonette, Jamaica, Lawsonia alba.

1953 V. Randolph & G. P. Wilson Down in Holler 240 The so-called Madeira vine (Boussingaultia gracilis [= Anredera cordifolia])..is grown in dooryards for shade and ornament, and is sometimes called mignonette.

1988 O. Polunin & B. E. Smythies Flowers South-west Europe 205 R[eseda] suffruticosa Loefl. The finest of all the European mignonettes, growing up to 2m, with closely massed white flowers.

c. A perfume derived from or resembling that of the flowers of mignonette.

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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically

ewrosec1350

stacte1382

oil of rosesa1398

rose watera1398

sandalc1400

musk?a1425

damask water?1520

malabathrum1543

orris1545

civet1553

ambracan1555

rose cake1559

lavender-water1563

oil of spikenard1565

zibet1594

orange-flower water1595

orris powder?1600

spike-oil1611

angel water1634

cypress-powder1634

angelica1653

jasmine1670

jessamy1671

rosat1674

frangipane1676

marechale1676

orangery1676

tuberose1682

jasmine-water1750

otto1759

rose geranium1773

millefleurs1775

new-mown hay1789

attar1798

eau-de-Cologne1802

Cologne1814

dedes1817

eau de Portugal1825

verbena1837

rondeletia1838

bay-rum1840

Florida water1840

citronelle1841

patchouli1843

citronella1849

gardenia1851

sandalwood oil1851

Ess Bouquet1855

marmala water1857

mignonette1858

spikenard oil1861

sandalwood1865

serpolet1866

ylang-ylang1876

flower-water1886

lily1890

lilac1895

stephanotis1895

tea rose1897

chypre1898

Peau d'Espagne1898

violette de Parme1904

poppy1905

Parma violet1907

wallflower1907

1850 Godey's Lady's Bk. Feb. 153 The extrait or esprit of roses, violets, mignionette, jessamine, orange-flowers, acacia, tuberose, and lavender are, beyond question, the most exquisite of all perfumes.]

1858 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 17 413/1 Cousin Laura and I have bet a sachet of mignionette that Lord Richard's hair is a curly chestnut.

1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 19/2 Perfumes..Crab Apple..Mignonette..Sweet Pea.

1913 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring–Summer 177/1 Perfumes..Jasmin Mignionette Opoponax.

1972 Guardian 22 Aug. 9/4 Jacksons have revived these flower perfumes..the shop plan to reintroduce other fragrancies including wallflower, mignonette, and honeysuckle.

d. A colour resembling that of the flowers of mignonette; greyish green or greenish white.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green

willow-green1672

oil-green1673

lily-green1739

celadon1768

nascent green1839

ice-green1863

eau-de-nil1870

Nile green1871

absinthe1872

reseda1874

feuille1883

mignonette1883

chartreuse1884

water-green1884

mignonette-green1888

Nile1895

serpent1895

willow1922

peppermint1930

kelly1936

1883 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 424 Réséda,..a pretty pale green which came in some seven years ago.., the soft tint of mignonette.

1885 Daily News 19 Feb. 2/1 The soft tints of greyish green known as ‘mignonette’ are to be in great favour this year.

1899 B. W. Warhurst Colour Dict. 47 Mignonette. Should be delicate light green.

1994 Stack of Lists (Electronic ed.) 1 Sept. Green... aquamarine..mignonette..viridian.

3. A variety of lettuce with a small head and red-brown leaves.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > lettuce > types of

cabbage lettuce?1537

Roman lettuce1577

minion1693

passion-lettuce1704

cos lettuce1706

shell-lettuce1707

lettuce cabbage1731

Silesia1731

rabbit food1772

Tom Thumb1847

romaine1865

oak leaf1892

iceberg lettuce1893

mignonette1923

lollo biondo1987

lollo rosso1987

1923 H. C. Thomson Vegetable Crops xix. 194 Mignonette is one of the smallest, if not the smallest heading variety. It is excellent in quality, but is not important as a commercial variety because of its small size, reddish brown color and its habit of going to seed quickly.

1949 H. D. Brown & C. S. Hutchison Vegetable Sci. xxiv. 372 Plants brownish, small part green..Mignonette.

1990 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 16 Dec. 35/2 The mignonette variety of lettuce is favoured for summer in subtropical districts. It does not form a big heart like the so-called drumhead lettuce do, but has lots of young leaves clustered at the centre.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

mignonette-box n.

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1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxv. 344 There's the same mignionette box in the middle of the window, and the same four flower-pots.

1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 46 A few tufts [of chives]..planted in flower-pots, or a mignonnette-box..will afford a welcome and early supply.

1893 New Eng. Mag. Jan. 567 He called it his garden poor fellow! But it consisted of nothing but an old green-painted mignonette box and a couple of flower-pots.

mignonette-green n. and adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green

willow-green1672

oil-green1673

lily-green1739

celadon1768

nascent green1839

ice-green1863

eau-de-nil1870

Nile green1871

absinthe1872

reseda1874

feuille1883

mignonette1883

chartreuse1884

water-green1884

mignonette-green1888

Nile1895

serpent1895

willow1922

peppermint1930

kelly1936

1888 Lady 25 Oct. 374/3 Alternate bows or loops of mignonette-green and pale salmon-coloured ribbon.

1919 R. Firbank Valmouth v. 76 She wore a deshabille of mignonette-green silk and a bead-diapered head-dress.

mignonette-grey n. (see sense 2d).

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > greenish grey

olive grey1852

mignonette-grey1900

sage-grey1923

1900 Daily News 3 Mar. 6/5 Tones of..cigar-brown, and mignonette-grey are in great favour.

mignonette-pot n.

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1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. June 726/2 The mignonette pots in a Cockney's window.

1880 Appletons' Jrnl. Feb. 145/2 He calls for a pint of good port and wastes it all in the mignonette-pot.

mignonette-coloured adj.

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1897 Daily News 2 Mar. 5/4 Mignonette-coloured crêpe de Chine.

C2.

mignonette netting n. a type of handmade netting in imitation of mignonette lace.

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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 361/2 Mignonette Netting.—This is used for curtains and window blinds, it being extremely easy, and worked with one Mesh.

mignonette pepper n. coarsely ground or crushed pepper (usually white, or a mixture of white and black pepper).

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper > types of pepper

black peppereOE

white pepperc1300

bynny-pepper1603

mignonette pepper1877

1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 303 Mignonette pepper, white pepper whole, not ground.

1907 G. A. Escoffier Guide Mod. Cookery i. ii. 22 Hollandaise Sauce... One and one-half lbs. of butter, the yolks of six eggs, one pinch of mignonette pepper and one-quarter oz. of salt, three tablespoonfuls of good vinegar.

1982 F. Sharman tr. M. Mességué & M. Peter Kitchen Herbal (1984) 43 Mignonette pepper is a ready-made mixture of white and black peppercorns, crushed not ground, and used especially with grilled meats.

mignonette-vine n. (a) now rare, a yellow-flowered plant, Madia elegans (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), of western North America (also called tar-weed); (b) a liana, Anredera cordifolia (family Basellaceae), with fragrant white flowers and aerial tubers, native to subtropical South America and cultivated for ornament elsewhere.

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1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 86/1 Mignonette-vine, Madaria elegans and M. corymbosa.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Boussingaultia B[oussingaultia] baselloides, commonly known as Madeira-vine or mignonette-vine, a native of Ecuador, is a popular perennial-rooted but tender twiner, used for porches.

1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 33 A[nredera] cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis (Madeira or mignonette vine, subtrop. S Am.).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mignonette
释义	mignonetten. Brit. /ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/, U.S. /ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/ Forms: 1700s mennuet, 1700s mignionet, 1700s mignonet, 1700s minianet, 1700s minionet, 1700s minionett, 1700s minionette, 1700s minunet, 1700s– mignionette, 1700s– mignonette, 1800s mignonnette; Scottish 1800s minnonette, 1900s– meeninit. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mignonnette. Etymology: < French mignonnette type of fabric (1697), type of lace (1699 in Le Mercure Galant, cited in F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace (1865) 31), reseda (see quot. 1752 at sense 2a and also quot. 1820 at sense 2a; used earlier of other plants), use as noun of feminine of Middle French mignonnet adjective, ‘nice, gentle’ (c1480) < mignon (see minion adj.) + -et , diminutive suffix (compare -et suffix¹). 1. a. A type of fine French bobbin lace made in narrow strips and having the consistency of tulle. Occasionally more fully mignonette lace. 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 1721 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. June (1965) II. 6 Lady Stafford desires you would buy one Suit of minunet for head and ruffles at Boileau's. 1755 N.Y. Gaz. 5 May 3/1 (advt.) To sell for ready Money or short Credit, the following Goods, Mechlin and Brussels Lace,..flowered Minionet, [etc.]. 1759 Pennsylvania Gaz. 18 Jan. 5/1 A neat assortment of Brussels, Mecklin and minionet laces and footings. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 170 Laces of Mechlin or minionette. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iii. 30 The laces known at that period [1665] were—..5. Mignonette.—A light, fine, pillow lace... This lace was..at times in high favour..for head-dresses and other trimmings. 1900 E. Jackson Hist. Hand-made Lace 182 Mignonette was a narrow lace, never exceeding two or three inches... Mignonette pattern is still largely made. 1983 S. M. Levey Lace v. 55 Mignonette, the most important variety,..was made widely but the main centres of its production were in the Paris area and in Normandy. 1999 Encycl. Brit. Online (Version 99.1) at Arras In the 19th century Arras produced a light variety of lace called mignonette. b. A cotton lawn made in France. More fully mignonette lawn or mignonette linen. Occasionally also used for fine cloth of other materials. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > other types of masclea1425 pomet1582 loop-lace1632 colbertinea1685 coxcomb1693 trolly-lolly1693 trolly1699 piece lace1702 mignonette1751 web lace1795 guard-lace1804 Antwerp lace1811 warp-lace1812 cardinal lace1842 guipure1843 run lace1843 Shetland lace1848 lacis1865 pot lace1865 reticella1865 tape guipure1865 quadrille1884 reticello1895 tambour-lace1899 rosaline1900 ring net1901 tracing-lace1901 shadow lace1914 1751 Pennsylvania Gaz. 5 Dec. 2/2 (advt.) Just imported from London and Bristol,..broad and narrow fine lawns in pieces and patches, mignionet lawns, check'd, spotted and flower'd lawns. 1762 London Chron. 18 Feb. 167/3 The Ranelagh Mob..is a piece of Gauze, Minionett,..which is clouted about the head, then crossed under the chin, and brought to fasten behind, the two ends hanging down like a pair of pigions [sic] tails. 1773 M. Rishton Let. in Early Diary Frances Burney (1907) I. 201 R..wanted me to buy a suit of mignionet linnen fringed for second mourning—but my economy prevaild over that. 1922 Today's Housewife Aug. 21/1 (caption) A dress that is extremely flattering to your figure, because of its lines—and its fabric—Drop-Stitch Fibre Silk Mignonette, similar to tricolette. 2. a. A plant, Reseda odorata (family Resedaceae), native to North Africa and cultivated for its spikelike racemes of inconspicuous but fragrant yellowish-white flowers. Also with unmarked plural, and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > mignonette mignonette1785 1752 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (1759) at Reseda 6. Reseda foliis integris trilobisque... Bastard-rocket..commonly called sweet Reseda, or Mignonette d'Egypt.] 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xx. 286 Sweet Reseda or Mignionette has oblong leaves, some of which are entire. 1787 W. Beckford Spanish Jrnl. 13 Dec. (1954) 288 Large vases of mignonette and rose-trees in full bloom. 1799 H. Davy in T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 154 A small plant of Minianet in a state of healthy vegetation. 1820 Trans. Hort. Soc. London 3 178 With Lord Bateman [who sent the seed from France in 1742] the appellation of Mignonette originated;..he gave to it this name of endearment, by which it is not known in France. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Prol. 9 They..miss'd the mignonette of Vivian-place, The little hearth-flower Lilia. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 167/2 Boxes of nasturtions and mignonette stand on the sills. 1901 F. Norris Octopus i. iv. 156 The perfumes of the magnolia flowers, of the mignonette borders, of the crumbling walls. 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride ii. vii. 122 In the lawn beside it grew clove-lilies, mignonette, sweet william and verbena. 1990 Org. Gardening Dec. 24/1 Polyanthus, the unusual wildflower bugle and mignonette also have strong butterfly appeal. b. Usually with distinguishing word: any of various other plants belonging to the genus Reseda or resembling it in some way.Jamaica, tree, wild mignonette: see the first element. ΚΠ 1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica II. 513 Reseda lutea... Wild Mignonette, or Base Rocket. 1865 G. Bentham Illustr. Brit. Flora I. 90 White Mignionette. Reseda alba, Linn. 1884 W. Miller Eng. Names Plants 86/1 Mignonette, Jamaica, Lawsonia alba. 1953 V. Randolph & G. P. Wilson Down in Holler 240 The so-called Madeira vine (Boussingaultia gracilis [= Anredera cordifolia])..is grown in dooryards for shade and ornament, and is sometimes called mignonette. 1988 O. Polunin & B. E. Smythies Flowers South-west Europe 205 R[eseda] suffruticosa Loefl. The finest of all the European mignonettes, growing up to 2m, with closely massed white flowers. c. A perfume derived from or resembling that of the flowers of mignonette. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically ewrosec1350 stacte1382 oil of rosesa1398 rose watera1398 sandalc1400 musk?a1425 damask water?1520 malabathrum1543 orris1545 civet1553 ambracan1555 rose cake1559 lavender-water1563 oil of spikenard1565 zibet1594 orange-flower water1595 orris powder?1600 spike-oil1611 angel water1634 cypress-powder1634 angelica1653 jasmine1670 jessamy1671 rosat1674 frangipane1676 marechale1676 orangery1676 tuberose1682 jasmine-water1750 otto1759 rose geranium1773 millefleurs1775 new-mown hay1789 attar1798 eau-de-Cologne1802 Cologne1814 dedes1817 eau de Portugal1825 verbena1837 rondeletia1838 bay-rum1840 Florida water1840 citronelle1841 patchouli1843 citronella1849 gardenia1851 sandalwood oil1851 Ess Bouquet1855 marmala water1857 mignonette1858 spikenard oil1861 sandalwood1865 serpolet1866 ylang-ylang1876 flower-water1886 lily1890 lilac1895 stephanotis1895 tea rose1897 chypre1898 Peau d'Espagne1898 violette de Parme1904 poppy1905 Parma violet1907 wallflower1907 1850 Godey's Lady's Bk. Feb. 153 The extrait or esprit of roses, violets, mignionette, jessamine, orange-flowers, acacia, tuberose, and lavender are, beyond question, the most exquisite of all perfumes.] 1858 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 17 413/1 Cousin Laura and I have bet a sachet of mignionette that Lord Richard's hair is a curly chestnut. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 19/2 Perfumes..Crab Apple..Mignonette..Sweet Pea. 1913 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring–Summer 177/1 Perfumes..Jasmin Mignionette Opoponax. 1972 Guardian 22 Aug. 9/4 Jacksons have revived these flower perfumes..the shop plan to reintroduce other fragrancies including wallflower, mignonette, and honeysuckle. d. A colour resembling that of the flowers of mignonette; greyish green or greenish white. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green willow-green1672 oil-green1673 lily-green1739 celadon1768 nascent green1839 ice-green1863 eau-de-nil1870 Nile green1871 absinthe1872 reseda1874 feuille1883 mignonette1883 chartreuse1884 water-green1884 mignonette-green1888 Nile1895 serpent1895 willow1922 peppermint1930 kelly1936 1883 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 424 Réséda,..a pretty pale green which came in some seven years ago.., the soft tint of mignonette. 1885 Daily News 19 Feb. 2/1 The soft tints of greyish green known as ‘mignonette’ are to be in great favour this year. 1899 B. W. Warhurst Colour Dict. 47 Mignonette. Should be delicate light green. 1994 Stack of Lists (Electronic ed.) 1 Sept. Green... aquamarine..mignonette..viridian. 3. A variety of lettuce with a small head and red-brown leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > lettuce > types of cabbage lettuce?1537 Roman lettuce1577 minion1693 passion-lettuce1704 cos lettuce1706 shell-lettuce1707 lettuce cabbage1731 Silesia1731 rabbit food1772 Tom Thumb1847 romaine1865 oak leaf1892 iceberg lettuce1893 mignonette1923 lollo biondo1987 lollo rosso1987 1923 H. C. Thomson Vegetable Crops xix. 194 Mignonette is one of the smallest, if not the smallest heading variety. It is excellent in quality, but is not important as a commercial variety because of its small size, reddish brown color and its habit of going to seed quickly. 1949 H. D. Brown & C. S. Hutchison Vegetable Sci. xxiv. 372 Plants brownish, small part green..Mignonette. 1990 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 16 Dec. 35/2 The mignonette variety of lettuce is favoured for summer in subtropical districts. It does not form a big heart like the so-called drumhead lettuce do, but has lots of young leaves clustered at the centre. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. mignonette-box n. ΚΠ 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxv. 344 There's the same mignionette box in the middle of the window, and the same four flower-pots. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 46 A few tufts [of chives]..planted in flower-pots, or a mignonnette-box..will afford a welcome and early supply. 1893 New Eng. Mag. Jan. 567 He called it his garden poor fellow! But it consisted of nothing but an old green-painted mignonette box and a couple of flower-pots. mignonette-green n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green willow-green1672 oil-green1673 lily-green1739 celadon1768 nascent green1839 ice-green1863 eau-de-nil1870 Nile green1871 absinthe1872 reseda1874 feuille1883 mignonette1883 chartreuse1884 water-green1884 mignonette-green1888 Nile1895 serpent1895 willow1922 peppermint1930 kelly1936 1888 Lady 25 Oct. 374/3 Alternate bows or loops of mignonette-green and pale salmon-coloured ribbon. 1919 R. Firbank Valmouth v. 76 She wore a deshabille of mignonette-green silk and a bead-diapered head-dress. mignonette-grey n. (see sense 2d). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > greenish grey olive grey1852 mignonette-grey1900 sage-grey1923 1900 Daily News 3 Mar. 6/5 Tones of..cigar-brown, and mignonette-grey are in great favour. mignonette-pot n. ΚΠ 1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. June 726/2 The mignonette pots in a Cockney's window. 1880 Appletons' Jrnl. Feb. 145/2 He calls for a pint of good port and wastes it all in the mignonette-pot. b. mignonette-coloured adj. ΚΠ 1897 Daily News 2 Mar. 5/4 Mignonette-coloured crêpe de Chine. C2. mignonette netting n. a type of handmade netting in imitation of mignonette lace. ΚΠ 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 361/2 Mignonette Netting.—This is used for curtains and window blinds, it being extremely easy, and worked with one Mesh. mignonette pepper n. coarsely ground or crushed pepper (usually white, or a mixture of white and black pepper). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper > types of pepper black peppereOE white pepperc1300 bynny-pepper1603 mignonette pepper1877 1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 303 Mignonette pepper, white pepper whole, not ground. 1907 G. A. Escoffier Guide Mod. Cookery i. ii. 22 Hollandaise Sauce... One and one-half lbs. of butter, the yolks of six eggs, one pinch of mignonette pepper and one-quarter oz. of salt, three tablespoonfuls of good vinegar. 1982 F. Sharman tr. M. Mességué & M. Peter Kitchen Herbal (1984) 43 Mignonette pepper is a ready-made mixture of white and black peppercorns, crushed not ground, and used especially with grilled meats. mignonette-vine n. (a) now rare, a yellow-flowered plant, Madia elegans (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), of western North America (also called tar-weed); (b) a liana, Anredera cordifolia (family Basellaceae), with fragrant white flowers and aerial tubers, native to subtropical South America and cultivated for ornament elsewhere. ΚΠ 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 86/1 Mignonette-vine, Madaria elegans and M. corymbosa. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Boussingaultia B[oussingaultia] baselloides, commonly known as Madeira-vine or mignonette-vine, a native of Ecuador, is a popular perennial-rooted but tender twiner, used for porches. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 33 A[nredera] cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis (Madeira or mignonette vine, subtrop. S Am.). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1721
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