minionette

English

Etymology

From minion +‎ -ette (“forming diminutives”).

Noun

minionette (plural minionettes)

1. (plants) Alternative form of mignonette
2. (uncountable, US printing, typography, dated) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.

Synonyms

• (type size, UK): emerald

Translations

6½-point text

• Chinese: 小六 (xiǎoliù)
• Dutch: insertio
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Insertio

Adjective

minionette (comparative more minionette, superlative most minionette)

1. Small; delicate.
   • (Can we date this quote by Walpole and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     His minionette face.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “minionette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)