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boutonniere

[ boot-n-eer, boo-tuhn-yair ]

noun

  1. a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.


boutonniere

/ ˌbʊtɒnɪˈɛə /

noun

  1. another name for buttonhole


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boutonniere1

1875–80; < French boutonnière buttonhole ( bouton button + -ière suffix for things that facilitate the use of that denoted by the stem < Latin -āria -ary

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Word History and Origins

Origin of boutonniere1

C19: from French: buttonhole, from bouton button

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Example Sentences

While he adjusted his boutonnière, he gazed at his smiling image and twisted his neck to look for wrinkles in his coat.

The following is an explanation of the various tricks, beginning with that which involves the boutonnière of the magician himself.

Sylvie's boutonnière might keep him company outwardly, but those no eye must feast upon.

For boutonnière he wore a smouldering ember—so true an imitation that at first he himself had hesitated to touch it.

In a few seconds she re-enters with his boutonnière in her hand.

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