The meang of NOSEGAY is a small bunch of flowers : posy. Did you know?
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NOSEGAY
* what is the gay side of the nose *
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").
GAY/STRAIGHT SI OF NOSE PIERCG
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.
GAY "SIS": HOW LANGUAGE FRE US TO BE OURSELV
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. Insi, the Queen Consort accepted a tradnal nosegay bouquet and procsed wh Kg Charl up the nave as the service began.