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minionette

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *men-✻ — “to think”
  2. derived from *minjō✻ — “affectionate thought, care”
  3. derived from *minnju✻ — “love, friendship, affection, memory”
  4. derived from mignon — “dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”
  5. borrowed from mignon — “lover, royal favourite, darling”
  6. formed as minionette — “minion + -ette”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of mignonette (“plant”).

  2. A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.

  3. Small

    Small; delicate.

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA