Mignon


[min-yon; French mee-nyawn] /mɪnˈyɒn; French miˈnyɔ̃/

adjective
1.
small and pretty; delicately pretty.
[mee-nyawn] /miˈnyɔ̃/
noun
1.
an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
/ˈmɪnjɒn; French miɲɔ̃/
adjective
1.
small and pretty; dainty
adj.

“delicately formed,” 1550s, French, literally “delicate, charming, pretty;” see minion. As a noun, “pretty child,” from 1827.

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