mignon

[ min-yon; French mee-nyawn ]

/ mɪnˈyɒn; French miˈnyɔ̃ /

small and pretty; delicately pretty.

Origin of mignon

From French, dating back to 1550–60; see origin at minion

Mignon

[ mee-nyawn ]

/ miˈnyɔ̃ /

an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.

She felt that Mignon did not trust her and it made her uncomfortable when in the French girls presence.

Marjorie Dean High School Senior |Pauline Lester
He maintained Fanny Beaupre, who apparently cost him dear; for, about 1829, he sought the hand of the Mignon heiress.

Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z |Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
I would never have hidden the money if it hadnt been for her, Mignon continued bitterly.

Marjorie Dean High School Senior |Pauline Lester
Daisy Griggs told me this morning that Mignon said she wouldnt be seen associating with a menial like that Browning girl.

Marjorie Dean High School Senior |Pauline Lester

There were still a number of girls in the freshman class who clung to Muriel and Mignon, but they were in the minority.

Marjorie Dean High School Freshman |Pauline Lester

mignon

/ (ˈmɪnjɒn, French miɲɔ̃) /

small and pretty; dainty

mignonne (ˈmɪnjɒn, French miɲɔn), fem n

C16: from French, from Old French mignot dainty