blancmange
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- noun
- /blɑːnˈmɑːnʒ/
- At the end of the meal, when Lilya was given cherry blancmange instead of her favorite pastries, she started to screech at Gurii and pound her fists on the table.
- almond blancmange
Examples
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For her birthday, she requested a raspberry blancmange as her favorite dessert.
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Also, he had praised her marvelous blancmange.
Fiction book (1995) -
Some steak tartare with your blancmange?
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It's chocolate blancmange.
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Aunt Kitty served a wobbling blancmange with silver implements that none of us had seen before and decided later that she must have brought with her.
Fiction book (2001) -
After a luncheon of cold meats, jellies, and blancmange, at which Lady Tarleton was particularly ill-tempered, Julian went to visit Mrs. Warren.
Fiction book (1993) -
Richard, still an infant, is suckled by his wet nurse in the nursery where, from her corner tower room, she can look down on the garden as she munches her rich, bland meal of beef and blancmange.
Blog text (6) -
The chef prepared a smooth almond blancmange for dessert that delighted the guests.
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At the banquet, everyone enjoyed the creamy blancmange topped with fresh berries.
Synonyms
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A soft sweet dessert made with milk and sugar
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Etymology
Blancmange comes from old French words blanc ('white') and manger ('to eat' or 'food'). It was a smooth white pudding of milk and almonds, so today blancmange means a soft white dessert.