minauderie

plural minauderies

1. countableuncountableAffectation; an affected remark or behaviour.

   “What a nice little artless creature that was,” Mr. Pen thought at the very instant of waking after the Vauxhall affair; “what a pretty natural manner she has; how much pleasanter than the minauderies of the young ladies in the ballrooms” […]

   1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 48, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC

plural minauderies

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of minaudière.

   […] handbags like clutches, minauderies (small jewelry bags), or bags with pearl or chain handles. Turn a pretty cosmetics case into an evening bag, or even remove the powder from a large compact case and carry it with your money[…]

   1998, Constance C. R. White, StyleNoir: The First How-to Guide to Fashion Written with Black Women in Mind, TarcherPerigee

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   […] handbags are smaller than they have been for years. Some of them resemble minauderies, others look like large flat purses. Large bags are still fashionable, but in flat zipped shapes or made on a neat, flat-looking metal frame[…]

   1949 07, Country Life Illustrated