Definition of Mignonne

1. daintily small [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mignonne

mights
mightst
mighty
mighty oaks from little acorns grow
miglitol
miglustat
migmatite
migmatites
migniard
migniardise
mignon
mignon lamp
mignonette
mignonette family
mignonettes
mignonne (current term)
mignons
migradollar
migradollars
migraine
migraine headache
migraine without headache
migraines
migraineur
migraineurs
migrainous
migrainous neuralgia
migrant
migrant shrike
migrant worker

Literary usage of Mignonne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pomologia Britannica: Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Most Important ...by John Lindley by John Lindley (1841)
"French mignonne J mignonne • • « "I Veloutée \of the French Gardens. Veloutée de Merlet J Royal Kensington. G. Lindley in Hort. Trans, vol. vp 544. ..."

2. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"I was promoted to the rank of master and commander on June 8, 1796, in consequence of a vacancy happening in the mignonne, for which ship I got an acting ..."

3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"She hauled her colours down after returning a few shot, and proved to be La mignonne, a remarkably fast sailing ship corvette of sixteen long eighteen ..."

4. Journal of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James, 1752-1828 by Bartholomew James, James Young Falkland Sulivan (1896)
"... consequence of a vacancy happening in the mignonne, for which ship I got an acting order till the post captain came from England to join her, ..."

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