A small bunch of flowers; a bouquet nosegay was Word of the Day on March 9, 2001 on " name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn
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NOSEGAY
The meang of NOSEGAY is a small bunch of flowers : posy. Did you know? * gay side of nose *
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NOSEGAY
* gay side of nose *
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.
For example, a pact llectn of enjoyably lighthearted short stori might be lled "a nosegay of a book. a stately procsn of brismaids holdg small nosegays.