Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small bouquet of flowers worn at the shoulder or waist or on the wrist.
- noun The bodice or waist of a dress.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun (kôr′ sā˙j). The body.
- noun The body or waist of a woman's dress; a bodice: as, a corsage of velvet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The waist or bodice of a lady's dress.
- noun a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a
corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than aboutonniere .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The size or shape of a person's body.
- noun obsolete except historical The waist or
bodice of a lady's dress. - noun A small
bouquet offlowers , originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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MK thinks it's costumey and makes her look like a majorette, and also thinks the corsage is strange.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 4 Recap: Cooter Couture Una LaMarche 2010
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Shown below: Just in time for prom night, a condom corsage from the Inflatable museum website.
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While the corsage is the only part that's slipped.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 Various 1898
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The bulk of Davis 'collection is the orchid variety Cattleya, commonly known as the corsage orchid.
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Ordering a corsage is the least of anyone's worries.
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_Ball Dresses_ of light materials are most in vogue, and are generally made of two and three skirts; as white _tulle_, with three skirts, trimmed all round with a broad, open-worked satin ribbon; the third skirt being raised on one side, and attached with a large bouquet of flowers, whilst the ribbon is twisted, and ascends to the side of the waist, where it finishes; the same kind of flowers serves to ornament the sleeves and centre of the corsage, which is also trimmed with a deep drapery of _tulle_.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various
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What kind of corsage do you get a girl for the Oklahoma City bombing anniversary?
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M. Yriarte, however, goes a step further, and prefers to translate it as "corsage," which at once, and unpleasantly, falsifies the picture; and he adds matter to dot the I's to an extent certainly not warranted even by Infessura.
The Life of Cesare Borgia Rafael Sabatini 1912
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"corsage," which at once, and unpleasantly, falsifies the picture; and he adds matter to dot the I's to an extent certainly not warranted even by Infessura.
The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912
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A large orange corsage attached to the bosom of her gown.
song of the dog: Degas Jerry Ratch 2011
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