fontange

noun

fon·​tange

variants or fontanges

fōⁿtääⁿzh

plural fontanges

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: commode sense 1

Word History

Etymology

French fontange, after Marie Angélique de Scorraille de Roussilles, duchess of Fontanges †1681 French mistress of Louis XIV

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