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madeleine

The origin and history of madeleine.

Etymology

Named after the French given name Madeleine; sense 2 comes from a famous passage in Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time, where a bite of madeleine cake unlocks a flood of childhood memories.

Origin: French

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