corsage

noun
/kɔːˈsɑːʒ/UK/kɔɹˈsɑʒ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French corsage.

  1. borrowed from corsage

Definitions

  1. The size or shape of a person's body.

  2. The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.

    • She now selected a slinky garment, composed of what male writers call “some soft, clinging material,” with a corsage which outlined her figure and a skirt which waved tempestuously around her ankles.
  3. A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.

    • Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?
    • Here, I got a corsage for you to give to Jenna. I don't know if kids still do corsages. I always got ones for Darius' girlfriends. This one is made with lilies.

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