nosegay - Dictnary of English

Contents:

• NOSEGAY
• MEANG OF NOSEGAY ENGLISH
• SYNONYMS OF NOSEGAY
• NOSEGAY (N.)
• ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF NOSEGAY

NOSEGAY

Nosegay is a homegrown word—that is, origated English. 15th-century Middle English speakers joed nose (which meant then what do today) wh gay (which, at the time, meant "ornament").

That mak nosegay an appropriate term for a bunch of flowers, which is ed an ornament that appeals to the nose. Today, the word nosegay is pecially mon the bridal bs, where ually refers to a specific type of bouquet: a round, tight bunch of flowers as opposed to a sdg bouquet or other type of arrangement.

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MEANG OF NOSEGAY ENGLISH

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SYNONYMS OF NOSEGAY

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NOSEGAY (N.)

Dictnary Entri Near nosegay. “Nosegay.

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Brish Dictnary fns for nosegaynouna small bunch of flowers; posyOrig of nosegay1C15: om nose + archaic gay a toyColls English Dictnary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digal Edn. nose·gay (nōz′gā′)n. [Middle English: nose, nose; see nose + gai, joyo, ornament; see gay.

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF NOSEGAY

Nosegay (ˈnəʊzˌɡeɪ) na small bunch of flowers; posy[C15: om nose + archaic gay a toy]Colls English Dictnary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edn 2014 © HarperColls Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014nose•gay (ˈnoʊzˌgeɪ) n.

[1375–1425; lerally, a gay (see gay) for the nose] Random Hoe Kernerman Webster's College Dictnary, © 2010 K Dictnari Ltd. Nosegay bunch of agrant flowers or herbs. Exampl: nosegay om the dras, 1889; of the elect, 1626; of flowers, 1578; of gold, 1704; of herbs, 1853; of w and polens, 1731; of yellow hair.

Nosegaynoun posy, spray, bouquet, rsage In Greece, marjoram is nsired to be lucky and is ed bridal garlands and nosegays. 2002 © HarperColls Publishers 1995, 2002nosegaynounCut flowers that have been arranged a ually small bunch:. 1971, 1988 © HarperColls Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005Colls Italian Dictnary 1st Edn © HarperColls Publishers 1995nosegay (ˈnəuzgei) noun a bunch of sweet-smellg flowers.

Meang of nosegay English. Exampl of nosegay.

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I should like to add to the nosegay the humble leek. I gather that the eighteenth century people rried nosegays of flowers bee the sweet scent of the flowers unteracted the vile smell of the streets. Alternately, a modified nosegay that a prom date n rry her hand or a p-on type rsage.

Her poems were often sent to iends wh acpanyg letters and nosegays. So a "nosegay" was an ornament that appeals to the nose or nostril.

It was not allowed to give flowers, not even the smallt nosegay. The stench was overwhelmg and people walked around wh handkerchiefs or nosegays prsed agast their nostrils. The flower are generally nsired not suable for pickg but may be ed nosegays and tsy-msi.

Some of his works are displays of abundance; others, only a ftoon or a nosegay. Handheld bouquets are classified by several different popular shap and styl, cludg nosegay, crcent, and sdg bouquets.