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troo-
soh
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trous·seau
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ˈtru
soʊ
,
truˈsoʊ
/
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[
troo
-soh
,
troo-
soh
]
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noun,
plural
-seaux
/
-soʊz
,
-ˈsoʊz
/
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[
-sohz
,
-
sohz
]
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,
-seaus.
an outfit of clothing, household linen, etc., for a bride.
Origin:
1175–1225;
<
French;
Middle French
troussel,
equivalent to
trousse
parcel, bundle (of straw, etc.), noun derivative of
tro
(
u
)
sser
to fasten (
see
truss
) +
-el
diminutive suffix (
see
-elle
)
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trousseau
1817, from Fr. trousseau, originally "a bundle," dim. of O.Fr. trousse "bundle" (see
truss
). Italicized as foreign at first, nativized by 1833. The O.Fr. form was borrowed into M.E. early 13c., but it fell from use.
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