Mansionette
/ˌmæn.ʃəˈnɛt/noun
A small mansion or a house styled like a mansion but on a reduced scale.
Did you know?Mansionette is a relatively modern English coinage built from mansion plus the French-style diminutive suffix -ette, so its “tiny grandeur” effect is a deliberate linguistic costume rather than an ancient curse-word.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
mansio
“a staying, dwelling, or place to stay”
Old French
OF
maison
“house, dwelling”
Middle English
English
mansion
“a large house or dwelling, especially one of status”
19th Century
English
mansionette
“a small mansion or a house built in mansion style on a smaller scale”
Modern English
English
mansionette
“a small mansion or mansion-style house”