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mignon
1[ min-yon; French mee-nyawn ]
adjective
- small and pretty; delicately pretty.
Mignon
2[ mee-nyawn ]
noun
- an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
mignon
/ ˈmɪnjɒn; ˈmɪnjɒn; miɲɔn; miɲɔ̃ /
adjective
- small and pretty; dainty
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Derived Forms
- mignonne, noun:feminine
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mignon1
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Example Sentences
After all, if the insurer is paying all your grocery claims, why not load up on filet mignon instead of ground turkey?
Filet Mignon and Shrimp Fondue by Lou Seibert Pappas This is a classic Christmas Eve dinner fondue.
Where else can you see people in half shirts taking down a succulent filet mignon?
He wished to marry Modeste Mignon but forsook her quickly enough when he found out that her family was bankrupt.
This is the time when he was in correspondence with Modeste Mignon and wished to espouse that rich heiress.
Castagnould was a Provencal and an old servant of the Mignon family.
In the latter part of the same year he operated successfully upon Mme. Mignon for blindness.
Mignon came back from America a rich man, and he made Dumay share largely in his fortune.
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