corsage
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Etymology edit
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Noun edit
corsage (plural corsages)
- (obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.
- (now only historical) The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
- A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
Translations edit
bodice of a woman's dress
small bouquet of flowers
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French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French cors (“body”) + -age.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corsage m (plural corsages)
Descendants edit
- → English: corsage
Further reading edit
- “corsage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.