mornay

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adjective

Served with a white sauce containing cheese.

“eggs mornay”

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Meanings

adjectivemornay (not comparable)
  1. capitalizednot comparablepostpositionalsometimesServed with a white sauce containing cheese.

    eggs mornay

Origin

Debated. Named after the French commune Mornay, or perhaps after Philippe, duc de Mornay (1549–1623), Governor of Saumur and seigneur du Plessis-Marly, writer and diplomat; but Béchamel sauces had not yet been developed in his lifetime.

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Cite this entry
APA

mornay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mornay

MLA

“mornay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mornay. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mornay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mornay.

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