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boutonniere

[ boot-n-eer, boo-tuhn-yair ]

noun

  1. a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.


boutonniere

/ ËŒ²úÊŠ³ÙÉ’²Ôɪˈɛə /

noun

  1. another name for buttonhole
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of boutonniere1

1875–80; < French ²ú´Ç³Ü³Ù´Ç²Ô²Ô¾±Ã¨°ù±ð buttonhole ( bouton button + -¾±Ã¨°ù±ð suffix for things that facilitate the use of that denoted by the stem < Latin -Äå°ù¾±²¹ -ary
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of boutonniere1

C19: from French: buttonhole, from bouton button
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Tender, honest and evocatively photographed, this documentary sticks to you like a boutonniere on a lapel.

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We turned that over and over during the drive that followed until I burst out laughing — the crazed kind that might result from being sprayed in the face by the Joker's trick boutonniere.

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As homecomings go, it was one bloody boutonniere.

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Sitting in his parents’ backyard in mid-May, he showed off pictures of Baby Elliott, then 9 months old, at prom the night before, wearing a tiny floral boutonniere Walton had made in an agriculture class.

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Some have gradient hues or stripes and can be bigger than your hand or as dainty as boutonnieres.

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