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minauderie¹

  • /mɪˌnəʊdəˈɹi/
  • /mɪˈnəʊdəɹi/

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From French minauderie.

noun minauderies

  1. countable, uncountable Affectation; an affected remark or behaviour. “What a nice little artless creature that was,” Mr. Pen thought at the very instant of waking after the Vauxhall affair; “what a pretty natural manner she has; how much pleasanter than the minauderies of the young ladies in the ballrooms” […]

minauderie²

  • /mɪˌnəʊdəˈɹi/
  • /mɪˈnəʊdəɹi/

noun minauderies

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of minaudière […] handbags are smaller than they have been for years. Some of them resemble minauderies, others look like large flat purses. Large bags are still fashionable, but in flat zipped shapes or made on a neat, flat-looking metal frame[…]

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"minauderie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/minauderie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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minauderie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/minauderie

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"minauderie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/minauderie.

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@misc{minauderie_2026,
  title = {minauderie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minauderie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}