almondine
/ˈɑː(l)məndiːn/ /ˈalməndiːn/ /ˈɒlməndiːn/(also almandine)
adjective
1Of, resembling, or reminiscent of the almond tree or its fruit. Now rare.
2Originally and chiefly US. Usually as postpositive. Designating a dish garnished or served with almonds, as green beans almondine, trout almondine, etc.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century. Probably originally from almond + -en. The some forms in Middle English may show a phonetic development from the some forms, or may show a remodelling (or an independent formation) after words in -ine.
- movement sensation
- movement time
- move mountains
- move on (or move someone on)
- move over (or aside)
- mover
- mover and shaker
- move the goalpost
- move the goalposts
- move up a gear
- move with the times
- movida
- movie
- movie brat
- movie buff
- movie camera
- movie cowboy
- movie director
- moviedom
- movie film
- moviegoer
- moviegoing
- movie house
- movie king
- movieland