The wren picture is from a French website. Troglodyte is simply the French for wren. It really means a cave-dweller, the meaning you give is secondary to that (when we were children living in Anglesey we called the local people trogs). The French version of the wren apparently lives in small holes.
After I sent my original reply it occurred to me that the (British) English equivalent of mignon would be sweet, as in ‘what a sweet little child’. Etymologically it is from an Old High German word ‘minnia’ meaning love (https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mignon). > On 13 Feb 2021, at 14:39, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > To me, mignon means small, as in filet mignon. Troglodyte means "a person > characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes." > > Dan Matyola > >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 6:14 AM mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>>> On 13 February 2021 at 11:08 Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> The word mignon, in troglodyte mignon, is often used to describe cute >> kids. It means things like charming, pretty, likeable... >> >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
