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mignonette|ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt|
Also 8 mign(i)onet, minionette, mennuet, minianet, 8–9 mignionette.
[a. F. mignonnette, fem. of † mignonnet, dim. of mignon: see mignon a.]
1. a. A plant (Reseda odorata) cultivated for the fragrance of its blossoms.
When trained to grow with a bushy head it is known as tree-mignonette. wild mignonette, the plant R. luteola.
The ordinary Fr. name for mignonette is réséda; but Littré says that mignonnette is applied to this plant as well as to several others.
[1752Miller Gard. Dict. (1759) s.v. Reseda, 6. Reseda foliis integris trilobisque... Bastard-rocket..commonly called sweet Reseda, or Mignonette d'Egypt.] 1798C. Marshall Garden. xix. 333 Hardy Annuals... Mignonette, (trailing) or sweet-scented reseda. 1799Sir H. Davy in Beddoes Contrib. Phys. & Med. Knowl. 154 A small plant of Minianet in a state of healthy vegetation. 1817Bot. Register III. 227 Reseda odorata. β. suffrutescens. Tree-Mignonette. 1820Trans. Horticult. Soc. III. 178 With Lord Bateman [who sent the seed from France in 1742] the appellation of Mignonette originated;..he gave to it this name of endearment, by which it is not known in France. 1832Tennyson Miller's Dau. xi, A long green box of mignonette. 1861E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres, etc. II. xix. 116 The ground is strewed with wild mignonnette.
fig.1847Tennyson Princess Prol. 164 They..miss'd the mignonette of Vivian-place, The little hearth-flower Lilia.
b. Jamaica mignonette: the name given in the West Indies to the henna plant, Lawsonia alba or inermis, which is naturalized there.
1866Treas. Bot. 665/2.
c. A colour resembling that of the flowers of mignonette; greyish green or greenish white.
1885Daily News 19 Feb. 2/1 The soft tints of greyish green known as ‘mignonette’ are to be in great favour this year. 1899B. W. Warhurst Colour Dict. 47 Mignonette. Should be delicate light green.
d. A perfume derived from the flowers of the mignonette.
1897Sears Roebuck Catal. 19/2 Perfumes..Crab Apple..Mignonette..Sweet Pea. 1913T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring & Summer 177/1 Perfumes..Jasmin Mignionette Opoponax. 1972Guardian 22 Aug. 9/4 Jacksons have revived these flower perfumes..the shop plan to reintroduce other fragrancies including wallflower, mignonette, and honeysuckle.
2. A kind of lace: see quots. 1865, 1900. (More fully mignonette lace.) Also, a fine kind of net.
[1699Le Mercure Galant in Mrs. Palliser Hist. Lace (1865) 31 note, On employe aussi pour les coëffures de la mignonette, et on a tellement perfectionné cette dentelle, que, etc.] 1757Jeffrey Coll. Dresses ii, A pink lutestring dress covered with a white mignonet. 1762Lond. Chron. 16–18 Feb. 167/3 The Ranelagh Mob... This is a piece of Gauze, Minionett,..&c., &c. which is clouted about the head. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 13 July, Laces of Mechlin or mignionette. 1865F. B. Palliser Lace 30 The laces known at that period [1665] were—..5. Mignonette. —A light, fine, pillow lace... This lace was..at times in high favour..for head-dresses and other trimmings. 1900Mrs. F. N. Jackson Hand-made Lace 182 Mignonette was a narrow lace, never exceeding two or three inches... Mignonette pattern is still largely made.
3. attrib. and Comb., as mignonette-coloured adj., mignonette-green, mignonette-grey (see 1 c), mignonette-pot; mignonette netting (see quot.); mignonette pepper, coarsely ground pepper; mignonette-vine (see quot.).
1897Daily News 2 Mar. 5/4 *Mignonette-coloured crêpe de Chine.
1888Lady 25 Oct. 374/3 Alternate bows or loops of *mignonette-green and pale salmon-coloured ribbon.
1900Daily News 3 Mar. 6/5 Tones of..cigar-brown, and *mignonette-grey are in great favour.
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 361/2, *Mignonette Netting.—This is used for curtains and window blinds, it being extremely easy, and worked with one Mesh.
1877Cassell's Dict. Cookery 1177 *Mignonette Pepper.
1840Thackeray Pict. Rhapsody Wks. 1900 XIII. 331 The *mignonette pots in a Cockney's window.
1896T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gard. (ed. 2), Madaria (*Mignonette Vine).—Ord. Compositæ. Hardy Annual. Nat. California... Flowers, yellow. |