Nosegay Defn & Meang - Merriam-Webster

Contents:

• NOSEGAY
• MEANG OF NOSEGAY ENGLISH
• NOSEGAY (N.)
• NOSE-GAY
• GAY NOSE ED MEANG
• NOSE-GAY MEANG, NOSE-GAY FN | ENGLISH COBUILD DICTNARY
• SYNONYMS OF NOSEGAY
• NOSE-GAY SYNONYM, NOSE-GAY FN | THS

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.

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MEANG OF NOSEGAY ENGLISH

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NOSEGAY (N.)

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NOSE-GAY

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GAY NOSE ED MEANG

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NOSE-GAY MEANG, NOSE-GAY FN | ENGLISH COBUILD DICTNARY

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"It would puzzle a garner to surpass the elegance and licy of such a what do he do, on obtag the nosegay, but exame well. 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.

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SYNONYMS OF NOSEGAY

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nose·gay (nōz′gā′)n.

[Middle English: nose, nose; see nose + gai, joyo, ornament; see gay. 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.

nosegay. Others have had to brg nosegays bee of the stench. 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.