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

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

For dessert, he served "gold, frankincense and myrrh blancmanges" topped with honeycomb, pistachio and liquorice crumb, which judge John Torode described as "delightful".

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

No matter how aesthetically pleasing this may be to the kind of people who feel nostalgic for blancmange and corporal punishment in schools.

From The Guardian

In the autumn of 1918, the Girl Scouts established what was called the influenza diet kitchen at Central High School, today’s Cardozo, and set about preparing broth, custards, blancmange, gelatin and soup.

From Washington Post