† miniardizev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make (language) affected in character; to pamper (a person), to treat with excessive delicacy or tenderness. Also with it.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > perform or enact affectedly [verb (transitive)] > make affected
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mannerize1899
prissy1960
the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress [verb (transitive)] > treat (a person) caressingly
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vezzeggiare..to flatter, to quaint it, to migniardize it.
1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xix. 49 Softnes of pronunciation proceeding from such wanton spirits that did miniardize and make the Language more dainty and feminine.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 95 Men that are sound in their Morals, and in Minutes imperfect in their Intellectuals, are best reclaimed when they are mignarized [sic], and strok'd gently.
1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. cxvii. 343 Ah dearest, how far different do I find the Being sooth'd by your Fondnesses, to be miniardiz'd by your Lips, to be caress'd by your Embraces, and imparadiz'd in your Bosom.
Derivatives
miniardized adj. (not recorded independently of N.E.D.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adjective] > (of a person) treated caressingly
miniardized1906
1906 N.E.D. at Migniardize Migniardized.
miniardizing n. rare
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the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [noun] > caressing treatment
miniardizing1598
mignardise1603
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A wantonnes, a quaintnes, a squeamishnes, a dandling, a dalliance, a wantonizing, a mignardizing, a pampring [etc.].
1683 tr. F. Pallavicino Whore's Rhetorick 212 You must..be still imployed in diverting the losing Gamester in dallying, mignardizing, and a thousand wanton expressions of love.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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