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mornay

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Served with a white sauce containing cheese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes

Examples

  • eggs mornay

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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.