† miniardadj.n.

Forms: 1500s–1600s mignard, 1600s migniard, 1800s miniard; Scottish pre-1700 mignard, pre-1700 mignarde, pre-1700 minȝard, pre-1700 minȝeard, pre-1700 minȝearde, pre-1700 miniard.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French mignard; French mignarde.

Etymology: As adjective < Middle French, French mignard dainty, sweet (1524), flattering, sycophantic (1596), of affected grace, sweetness (1609) < the Romance base of minion n.¹ and adj. + -ard -ard suffix; compare mignon adj. As noun partly < the similarly formed noun Middle French, French mignard spoilt child (1560; compare Old Occitan mignart (c1220)), and partly < the corresponding feminine form Middle French, French mignarde mistress (a1562); compare mignote n., minion n.¹

Obsolete. Chiefly Scottish.

A. adj.

Excessively or affectedly dainty, delicate, or gentle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adjective]

fawninga1400

fondling1582

miniard1584

ingling1595

flattering1650

caressinga1774

canoodling1859

caressant1861

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy

minikin1545

mincing1560

miniard1584

finical1592

minic1598

nice-mouthed1618

finitive1640

finicking1661

minical1668

precious1712

précieuse1785

niminy-piminy1786

pershittie1808

miminy-piminy1815

finicky1825

nimpy-pimpy1825

niminy1878

too-tooa1884

piminy1890

précieux1891

piss-elegant1941

1584 King James VI & I Poems (1955) I. 23 Frenchmen..Whose mignarde writts but..fayned teares and shameles tales retaine.

c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 179 In youre langage be plaine..escheuing..mignarde & æffeminate termis.

c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 168 In the forme of youre meate eating be nather unciuill..nor affectatlie mignarde.

1622 A. Bysset in G. G. Smith Middle Scots (1902) 240 Neither have I vsed minȝeard nor effeminate, tanting, invectiue, or skornefull wordis.

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. iv. 96 in Wks. II Loue is brought vp with those soft migniard handlings.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1664) i. lvii. 250 Never were seene Ladies so proper and handsome, so miniard and dainty.

B. n.

A minion or pampered favourite; a courtesan or mistress.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > courtesan

plover1304

pamphelet?a1513

nun?1518

courtesan1549

musk cat?1567

stallion?1578

maiden of joy1585

miniard1598

quail1609

guinea-hena1616

light horsea1627

lady of pleasure1652

lorette1865

oiran1871

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vezzeggiatore, a wanton, a minion, a dandler, a mignard, a quaint fellowe.

1616 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 416 She says the honour..of his embassy consists in three mignards, three dancers, and three fools.

1652 F. Kirkman tr. A. Du Périer Loves Clerio & Lozia 93 Idle Migniards, dinner hath waited for you till it is cold.

Derivatives

miniardly adv. daintily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > with affected delicacy

fine1579

minikinly1580

mincingly1596

miniardly1653

finically1659

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1664) i. lvii. 249 Their fists miniardly begloved.

1850 S. Judd Richard Edney xiv. 184 The sound rose and fell,..it leaped into the woods,—it fled through the forest like a detached volume of smoke; it whispered miniardly to the hills,—it howled, goblin-like, in the gullies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	miniard
释义	† miniardadj.n. Forms: 1500s–1600s mignard, 1600s migniard, 1800s miniard; Scottish pre-1700 mignard, pre-1700 mignarde, pre-1700 minȝard, pre-1700 minȝeard, pre-1700 minȝearde, pre-1700 miniard. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French mignard; French mignarde. Etymology: As adjective < Middle French, French mignard dainty, sweet (1524), flattering, sycophantic (1596), of affected grace, sweetness (1609) < the Romance base of minion n.¹ and adj. + -ard -ard suffix; compare mignon adj. As noun partly < the similarly formed noun Middle French, French mignard spoilt child (1560; compare Old Occitan mignart (c1220)), and partly < the corresponding feminine form Middle French, French mignarde mistress (a1562); compare mignote n., minion n.¹ Obsolete. Chiefly Scottish. A. adj. Excessively or affectedly dainty, delicate, or gentle. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adjective] fawninga1400 fondling1582 miniard1584 ingling1595 flattering1650 caressinga1774 canoodling1859 caressant1861 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy minikin1545 mincing1560 miniard1584 finical1592 minic1598 nice-mouthed1618 finitive1640 finicking1661 minical1668 precious1712 précieuse1785 niminy-piminy1786 pershittie1808 miminy-piminy1815 finicky1825 nimpy-pimpy1825 niminy1878 too-tooa1884 piminy1890 précieux1891 piss-elegant1941 1584 King James VI & I Poems (1955) I. 23 Frenchmen..Whose mignarde writts but..fayned teares and shameles tales retaine. c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 179 In youre langage be plaine..escheuing..mignarde & æffeminate termis. c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 168 In the forme of youre meate eating be nather unciuill..nor affectatlie mignarde. 1622 A. Bysset in G. G. Smith Middle Scots (1902) 240 Neither have I vsed minȝeard nor effeminate, tanting, invectiue, or skornefull wordis. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. iv. 96 in Wks. II Loue is brought vp with those soft migniard handlings. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1664) i. lvii. 250 Never were seene Ladies so proper and handsome, so miniard and dainty. B. n. A minion or pampered favourite; a courtesan or mistress. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > courtesan plover1304 pamphelet?a1513 nun?1518 courtesan1549 musk cat?1567 stallion?1578 maiden of joy1585 miniard1598 quail1609 guinea-hena1616 light horsea1627 lady of pleasure1652 lorette1865 oiran1871 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vezzeggiatore, a wanton, a minion, a dandler, a mignard, a quaint fellowe. 1616 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 416 She says the honour..of his embassy consists in three mignards, three dancers, and three fools. 1652 F. Kirkman tr. A. Du Périer Loves Clerio & Lozia 93 Idle Migniards, dinner hath waited for you till it is cold. Derivatives miniardly adv. daintily. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > with affected delicacy fine1579 minikinly1580 mincingly1596 miniardly1653 finically1659 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1664) i. lvii. 249 Their fists miniardly begloved. 1850 S. Judd Richard Edney xiv. 184 The sound rose and fell,..it leaped into the woods,—it fled through the forest like a detached volume of smoke; it whispered miniardly to the hills,—it howled, goblin-like, in the gullies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1584
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