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bouquet

noun
/buːˈkeɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *buskaz Frankish *buskbor. Early Medieval Latin boscus Old French boisder. Old French bochet French bouquetubor. English bouquet Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Doublet of bosket.

  1. borrowed from Bouquet

Definitions

  1. A bunch of cut flowers.

    • For my birthday I received two bouquets.

  2. A decoratively arranged bunch of something.

    • Each table was adorned with a bouquet of giant balloons.
    • Aunt Cass rearranged the bouquet of spoons in the little vase on the table.

  3. The scent of a particular wine.

    • This Bordeaux has an interesting bouquet.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The middle note of a perfume.

      • The remarkable flower bouquet lasts for hours until it dissolves into a sweet vanilla smell.

    2. A compliment or expression of praise.

    3. A bouquet of circles.

    4. The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.

    5. The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.

    6. A surname from French.

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Derived

bouquetlike, bouquet of circles, bouquet of spheres, bouquets and brickbats, fruit bouquet, kitchen bouquet

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA