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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
blancmange
 
SYLLABICATION:blanc·mange
PRONUNCIATION:  bl-mänj, -mäzh
NOUN: A flavored and sweetened milk pudding thickened with cornstarch.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English blankmanger, a dish made with almond milk, from Old French blanc mangier : blanc, white (of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Appendix I) + mangier, to eat, food (from Latin manducre; see manger).
 
 
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