madrilene

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A type of consommé flavored with tomatoes and served either as a warm broth or chilled and jellied.

   “The madrilene should be purchased the previous day to be chilled solid.”

   “There was cold chicken, finger sandwiches, jellied madrilene in little crystal bowls with plastic covers, a bottle of wine which Lila said she'd love to try once she'd finished her presentation.”

   “With you I have risen to the top of blue waves, with you I have carried food home as a loving gift when my arms began unjelling like madrilene.”

   “It was merely a matter of timing that was in question ... whether it would be with the sherry before lunch, or with the jellied madrilene, or the soft crabs and watercress salad, or the Strawberries Tzarina, that Freddie would pull the Stubblefield thorn from his still bleeding side.”

2. Synonym of Madrilenian; someone from Madrid.

   “The Catalonians are a sprightly race, and finer in physique than the Madrilenes: they are none too well disposed to Spain and the Monarchy, agitating rather for an independent Republic, and are a political thorn in the flesh of the Spanish body politic.”

   “I have been hearing lately from Lowell, who evidently is not as yet a Madrilene.”

   “But when the Napoleonic armies had invaded Spain, had forced the Spaniards to recognise a king whom they detested, had massacred the poor Madrilenes who remained faithful to their old rulers, then public opinion turned against the former herof of Marengo and Austerlitz and a hundred other revolutionary battles.”

adj

1. Synonym of Madrilenian; of or pertaining to Madrid.

   “The Puerta del Sol was entirely deserted — though the weather was of enchanting warmth and beauty —and the quintessence of the excitable Madrilene populace was assembled in front of the Theatre del Oriente, near the Palace, where the Sessions of the Congress are provisionally held.”

   “He recounts how years ago some of his Madrilene friends got tattoos with Liverpool's slogan, 'You'll never walk alone'.”

   “Following in Wicht's footsteps, Durand-Ruel tried to obtain El Greco's Cardinal from Juan de Zabala y Guzmán, 14th Duke of Nájera and Earl of Paredes de Nava (1844–1910), living in Palacio de Oñate, his Madrilene mansion.”

name

1. A female given name.

   “Madrilene was a sweet, average American girl with an inordinate number of teeth in need of straightening because our dentist was building a ballroom over his garage.”

   “She continued to see her friend Madrilene from Haverford State Hospital.”

   “Her name was Madrilene and she caused me a deal of trouble once.”

2. A surname.

   “"Now Joe," said Mr. Madrilene. " That's the wrong line, Joe, the wrong line entirely."”

   “He leaned forward to Mr. Madrelene.”