Nosegay Defn & Meang - Merriam-Webster

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• NOSEGAY
• MEANG OF NOSEGAY ENGLISH

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.

MEANG OF NOSEGAY ENGLISH

For example, a pact llectn of enjoyably lighthearted short stori might be lled "a nosegay of a book.

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