Word Meanings - MIGNIARDISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Delicate fondling. B. Jonson.
Related words: (words related to MIGNIARDISE)
- FONDLER
One who fondles. Johnson. - DELICATELY
In a delicate manner. - DELICATESSEN
Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. "A dealer in delicatessen". G. H. Putnam. - FONDLING
The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart. Mickle. - DELICATE
soft and tender; akin to deliciae delight: cf. F. délicat. See 1. Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring. Dives, for his delicate life, to the devil went. Piers Plowman. Haarlem is a very delicate town. Evelyn. 2. Pleasing to the - FONDLY
1. Foolishly. Verstegan . Make him speak fondly like a frantic man. Shak. 2. In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. My heart, untarveled, fondly turns to thee. Goldsmith. - DELICATENESS
The quality of being delicate. - FONDLE
To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child. Syn.- See Caress. (more info) Etym: - INDELICATE
Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv. Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; - OVERDELICATE
Too delicate.