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Posted By: wwh mignon - 11/11/02 07:38 PM
mignon
adj.
5Fr, for OFr mignot, dainty < *min3, echoic of a caressing cry, as in IE base *mj(n)3, var. of mci3, gentle, soft > L mitis, soft, OIr min, gentle6 small, delicately formed, and pretty; dainty
mignonne 7min4y9n#; Fr mc ny/on$8
adj.fem.

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