corsage

(kôr säz̸h, -säj)

noun

  1. the bodice of a dress
  2. ☆ a small bouquet for a woman to wear, as at the waist or shoulder

Origin: Fr < OFr cors: see corps & -age

See corsage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A small bouquet of flowers worn at the shoulder or waist or on the wrist.
  2. The bodice or waist of a dress.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, torso

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from cors, body

Origin: , from Latin corpus; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots

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