Word Meanings - MINION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Minimum. Burton.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MINION)
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- MINIONLIKE; MINIONLY
Like a minion; daintily. Camden. - JEWELRY
1. The art or trade of a jeweler. Cotgrave. 2. Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry. - FAVORITE
Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II. Farquhar. (more info) p.p. of OF. favorir, cf. It. favorito, frm. favorita, fr. favorire to 1. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with - DARLINGTONIA
A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves. - JEWELER
One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments. Jeweler's gold. See under Gold. - JEWEL
1. An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design. Plate of rare device, and jewels Of rich and exquisite form. Shak. 2. A precious stone; a gem. Shak. 3. An object regarded with - COSSETTE
One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making. - JEWELLERY
See BURKE - DARLING
One dearly beloved; a favorite. And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak. - MINIONIZE
To flavor. - MINIONING
Kind treatment. - FONDLER
One who fondles. Johnson. - MINIONETTE
Small; delicate. "His minionette face." Walpole. - COSSET
A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. (more info) kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot - FONDLING
The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart. Mickle. - MINION
Minimum. Burton. - MINIONSHIP
State of being a minion. - 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. - 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: - JEWELWEED
See IMPATIENS - BEJEWEL
To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. "Bejeweled hands." Thackeray. - DOMINION
A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3. Milton. By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. Col. i. 16. Syn. -- Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; - OLD DOMINION
Virginia; -- a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old designation of the colony as "the Colony and Dominion of Virginia."