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Definition of Mignon
1. a. See 3d Minion.
2. v. t. To flatter.
Definition of Mignon
1. Adjective. Cute, delicate. ¹
2. Adjective. small, dainty ¹
3. Noun. (context: French history) One of the court favourites of Henry III. ¹
4. Noun. (rare) A cute person; a pretty child. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mignon
1. a cut of beef [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mignon
Literary usage of Mignon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"mignon Opera in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. Text by Barbier and Carré, ...
mignon comes with a band of gypsies, who abuse her because she refuses to ..."
2. The Victor Book of the Opera by Henry William Simon (1915)
"So much improved I'm seeming, Ah! la la, (Looking in the glass): Am I still mignon?
Can it he mignon that I see? One fine day, the child in play, ..."
3. The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of One Hundred Operas with Five by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1913)
"Wilhelm enters with mignon, who meets with a cool reception from the gay actress.
Wilhelm makes love to Filina while mignon watches them with a sad heart, ..."
4. The Standard Operas, Their Plots and Their Music by George Putnam Upton (1914)
"Touched by bis kind attentions to her, mignon falls in love with Wilhelm, who,
... At last the troupe arrives at the castle, Wilhelm and mignon with them. ..."
5. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"Though he has forgotten her, he is the father of mignon, a young girl who ...
The gypsy band appears, and mignon, a singular, half- boyish-looking figure, ..."
6. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"The mu- mignon, dressed as a page, becomes in name only, its performance was Una
... Great Britain, on the ground that it Jealous of the actress, mignon de- ..."
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