Blancmange Definition

blə-mänj, -mäɴzh
noun
A flavored and sweetened milk pudding thickened with cornstarch.
American Heritage
A sweet, molded jellylike dessert made with milk, sugar, flavoring, and a starch or gelatin to thicken it.
Webster's New World

A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla.

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Other Word Forms of Blancmange

Noun

Singular:
blancmange
Plural:
blancmanges

Origin of Blancmange

  • Middle English blankmanger a dish made with almond milk from Old French blanc mangier blanc white (of Germanic origin bhel-1 in Indo-European roots) mangier to eat, food (from Latin manducāre manger)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French: blanc mangier (white food)

    From Wiktionary

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