Definition of Minaudieres

1. minaudiere [n] - See also: minaudiere

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minaudieres

minarchisms
minarchist
minarchists
minaret
minareted
minaretlike
minarets
minargent
minarine
minarines
minars
minas
minasragrite
minatory
minaudiere
minaudieres (current term)
minaul
minauls
minbar
minbars
mince
mince pie
mince pies
mince words
minced
minced oath
minced oaths
mincemeat
mincemeats
mincepie

Literary usage of Minaudieres

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... they are very genteelly dressed, after the English and French modes, and have generally pretty faces, but they are the most determined minaudieres in ..."

2. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... they are very genteelly dressed, after the English and French modes, and have generally pretty faces, but they are the most determined minaudieres in ..."

3. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M---y W----y M-----e: Written, During by Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary Pierrepont Wortley Montague (1763)
"... and have, generally, pretty faces, but they are the moft determined minaudieres in the whole world. They would think it a mortal fin ..."

4. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M---y W----y M-----e: Written, During by Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary Pierrepont Wortley Montague (1763)
"... and have, generally, pretty faces, but they are the moft determined minaudieres in the whole world. They would think it a mortal fin ..."

5. The Household of the Lafayettes by Edith Helen Sichel (1900)
"She, and a lady of the Richelieu family, were the last of these femmes minaudieres who appear in the great world ; and they even persisted in their ..."

6. The Household of the Lafayettes by Edith Helen Sichel (1900)
"She, and a lady of the Richelieu family, were the last of these femmes minaudieres who appear in the great world ; and they even persisted in their ..."

7. The Best Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary Pierrepont Wortley Montagu, Octave Thanet (1890)
"... are very genteelly dressed after the French and English modes, and have generally pretty faces, but the most determined minaudieres in the whole world. ..."

8. Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1906)
"... are very genteelly dressed after the French and English modes, and have generally pretty faces, but the most determined minaudieres in the whole world. ..."

9. Letters to a young lady, in which the duties and character of women are by Jane West (1806)
"... mincing " minaudieres," who found their importance on being able to " jig, lifp, " amble, and nick-name God's creatures," I exclude ..."

10. The Best Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary Pierrepont Wortley Montagu, Octave Thanet (1890)
"... are very genteelly dressed after the French and English modes, and have generally pretty faces, but the most determined minaudieres in the whole world. ..."

11. Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1906)
"... are very genteelly dressed after the French and English modes, and have generally pretty faces, but the most determined minaudieres in the whole world. ..."

12. Letters to a young lady, in which the duties and character of women are by Jane West (1806)
"... mincing " minaudieres," who found their importance on being able to " jig, lifp, " amble, and nick-name God's creatures," I exclude ..."

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