Vanille

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of vanilla. alt-of, archaic, uncountable

    "Each lovely lady close to a cavalier / Who holds her dear fan while she feeds her smile / On meditative spoonfuls of vanille, / He breathing hot protesting vows of love, / Enough to thaw her cream, and scorch his beard."

Example

More examples

"Each lovely lady close to a cavalier / Who holds her dear fan while she feeds her smile / On meditative spoonfuls of vanille, / He breathing hot protesting vows of love, / Enough to thaw her cream, and scorch his beard."

Etymology

From French vanille.

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