blancmange

[ bluh-mahnj, -mahnzh ]

noun
  1. a sweet pudding prepared with almond milk and gelatin and flavored with rum or kirsch.

  2. a sweet, white pudding made with milk and cornstarch and flavored with vanilla.

Origin of blancmange

1
1350–1400; apocopated variant of Middle English blancmanger<Middle French: literally, white eating. See blank, manger

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British Dictionary definitions for blancmange

blancmange

/ (bləˈmɒnʒ) /


noun
  1. a jelly-like dessert, stiffened usually with cornflour and set in a mould

Origin of blancmange

1
C14: from Old French blanc manger, literally: white food

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