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minauderie

minauderie noun: affectation; an affected remark or behaviour. Also the alternative spelling of minaudière.

Noun

minauderie (countable and uncountable, plural minauderies)

  1. Affectation; an affected remark or behaviour.
    • “What a nice little artless creature that was,” Mr. Pen thought at the very instant of waking after the Vauxhall affair; “what a pretty natural manner she has; how much pleasanter than the minauderies of the young ladies in the ballrooms” […]1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 48, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

Also used as

minauderie is also the alternative spelling of minaudière.

Forms of minauderie

pluralminauderies

Origin of minauderie

From French minauderie.

Questions about minauderie

What does minauderie mean?
Minauderie means affectation; an affected remark or behaviour.
What part of speech is minauderie?
Minauderie is a noun.
What is the plural of minauderie?
The plural of minauderie is minauderies.

Words near minauderie in the dictionary

  1. Minatomirai
  2. minatorial
  3. minatorially
  4. minatorily
  5. minatory
  6. minauderie
  7. minauderies
  8. minaudière
  9. minaudières
  10. minaul
  11. minauls

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