blancmange

[ bluh-mahnj, -mahnzh ]

noun

1. a sweet pudding prepared with almond milk and gelatin and flavored with rum or kirsch.
2. a sweet, white pudding made with milk and cornstarch and flavored with vanilla.

blancmange

/ bləˈmɒnʒ /

noun

1. a jelly-like dessert, stiffened usually with cornflour and set in a mould

Word History and Origins

Origin of blancmange¹

1350–1400; apocopated variant of Middle English blancmanger < Middle French: literally, white eating. See blank, manger

Word History and Origins

Origin of blancmange¹

C14: from Old French blanc manger , literally: white food

Example Sentences

The G20 is something of a diplomatic blancmange.

From BBC

Seaweeds of all stripes already were utilized in Europe as a food source, particularly for the congealing properties of their carrageenan hydrocolloids, gooey substances essential to the preparation of the gelatin-based culinary creations of which Britain and Europe have long been fond, such as the creamy dessert blancmange, jellied eel or vegetarian aspic.

From Seattle Times

There are rumblings on the right that he needs to demonstrate more "proper Conservative" values after what has been described as one former minister as "soggy blancmange" so far.

From BBC

There are rumblings on the right that he needs to demonstrate more "proper Conservative" values after what has been described as one former minister as "soggy blancmange" so far.

From BBC

The Guardian likened it to a home for very large Teletubbies; Prince Charles, a longtime critic of modernism, described it as a “monstrous blancmange.”

From New York Times