madrilene

plural madrilenes · alternative madrilène

1. countableuncountableA type of consommé flavored with tomatoes and served either as a warm broth or chilled and jellied.

   The madrilene should be purchased the previous day to be chilled solid.

   1963, Rebecca Reis, The Unharried Hostess, page 16

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   There was cold chicken, finger sandwiches, jellied madrilene in little crystal bowls with plastic covers, a bottle of wine which Lila said she'd love to try once she'd finished her presentation.

   2014, Gwen Davis, West of Paradise

   With you I have risen to the top of blue waves, with you I have carried food home as a loving gift when my arms began unjelling like madrilene.

   2018, Kathleen Fraser, “Poem in Which My Legs Are Accepted”, in Ana Sampson, editor, She is Fierce: Brave, Bold and Beautiful: Poems by Women

   It was merely a matter of timing that was in question ... whether it would be with the sherry before lunch, or with the jellied madrilene, or the soft crabs and watercress salad, or the Strawberries Tzarina, that Freddie would pull the Stubblefield thorn from his still bleeding side.

   2018, Zenith Brown, Leslie Ford, The Woman in Black, page 79

comparative more Madrilene · superlative most Madrilene

1. Synonym of Madrilenian; of or pertaining to Madrid.

   He recounts how years ago some of his Madrilene friends got tattoos with Liverpool's slogan, 'You'll never walk alone'.

   2011, Simon Kuper, The Football Men: Up Close with the Giants of the Modern Game

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   The Puerta del Sol was entirely deserted — though the weather was of enchanting warmth and beauty —and the quintessence of the excitable Madrilene populace was assembled in front of the Theatre del Oriente, near the Palace, where the Sessions of the Congress are provisionally held.

   1847, T. M. Hughes, Revelations of Portugal, and Narrative of an Overland Journey to Lisbon at the close of 1846, page 17

   Following in Wicht's footsteps, Durand-Ruel tried to obtain El Greco's Cardinal from Juan de Zabala y Guzmán, 14th Duke of Nájera and Earl of Paredes de Nava (1844–1910), living in Palacio de Oñate, his Madrilene mansion.

   2020, Susanna Avery-Quash, Barbara Pezzini, Old Masters Worldwide: Markets, Movements and Museums, 1789–1939, page 136

   Synonyms: Madrilenian

plural Madrilenes

1. Synonym of Madrilenian; someone from Madrid.

   I have been hearing lately from Lowell, who evidently is not as yet a Madrilene.

   1974, Henry James, Leon Edel, Letters - Volume 2, page 197

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   The Catalonians are a sprightly race, and finer in physique than the Madrilenes: they are none too well disposed to Spain and the Monarchy, agitating rather for an independent Republic, and are a political thorn in the flesh of the Spanish body politic.

   1903 September, “Some Recent Impressions of Spain”, in Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 80, page 184

   But when the Napoleonic armies had invaded Spain, had forced the Spaniards to recognise a king whom they detested, had massacred the poor Madrilenes who remained faithful to their old rulers, then public opinion turned against the former herof of Marengo and Austerlitz and a hundred other revolutionary battles.

   2019, Hendrik Willem van Loon, The Story of Mankind

   Synonyms: Madrilenian

1. A female given name.

   Her name was Madrilene and she caused me a deal of trouble once.

   2014, Laura Cassidy, Madrilene's Granddaughter

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   Madrilene was a sweet, average American girl with an inordinate number of teeth in need of straightening because our dentist was building a ballroom over his garage.

   1974, Leo Rosten, Dear "Herm"--with a Cast of Dozens, page 39

   She continued to see her friend Madrilene from Haverford State Hospital.

   2010, H. Michael Zal, Dancing with Medusa: A Life in Psychiatry : a Memoir, page 63

2. A surname.

   He leaned forward to Mr. Madrelene.

   1959, Howard Nemerov, A Commodity of Dreams & Other Stories, page 113

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   "Now Joe," said Mr. Madrilene. " That's the wrong line, Joe, the wrong line entirely."

   1952, Gambit - Volume 1, Issues 1-4, page 8