Associations to the word «Madeleine»

Wiktionary

MADELEINE, noun. A small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
MADELEINE, noun. Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories (used with reference to its function in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time).
MADELEINE, proper noun. A female given name.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley