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.