Mignon Definition
minyän; Fr mēnyōō
adjective
Small, delicately formed, and pretty; dainty.
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noun
(French history) One of the court favourites of Henry III.
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(rare) A cute person; a pretty child.
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pronoun
A female given name.
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Noun
Singular:
mignon
Plural:
mignonsOrigin of Mignon
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From French mignon, from Middle French mignon (“lover, darling, favourite"), from Old French mignot (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind"), from Frankish *minnjo (“love, friendship, affection, memory"), from Proto-Germanic *minþijō, *mindijō (“affectionate thought, care"), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think"). Cognate with Old High German minnja (“love, care, affection, desire, memory"), Old Saxon minnea (“love"). More at mind. Compare also minion and Dutch minnen (“to love").
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