Word.ws English Dictionary

minionette

minionette noun: a size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point. Also the alternative form of mignonette.

Noun

minionette (plural minionettes)

  1. (US, dated, uncountable) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
    Synonyms:
    emerald

Adjective

minionette (comparative more minionette, superlative most minionette)

  1. Small; delicate.
    • May 18, 1749, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq.
      His minionette face.

Also used as

minionette is also the alternative form of mignonette.

Synonyms of minionette

Forms of minionette

Noun
pluralminionettes
Adjective
comparativemore minionette
superlativemost minionette

Origin of minionette

From minion + -ette (“forming diminutives”).

Questions about minionette

What does minionette mean?
Minionette means a size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
What part of speech is minionette?
Minionette can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of minionette?
The plural of minionette is minionettes.

Words near minionette in the dictionary

  1. Mininger
  2. Miningers
  3. minings
  4. minion
  5. miniondom
  6. minionette
  7. minionettes
  8. minionhood
  9. minioning
  10. minionish
  11. minionlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: minionette (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “minionette.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/minionette. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.