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bouquet

[ boh-key, boo- boo-keyor, occasionally, boh- ]

noun

  1. a bunch of flowers; nosegay.
  2. a compliment:

    The drama critics greeted her performance with bouquets.

  3. the characteristic aroma of wines, liqueurs, etc.

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bouquet

noun

  1. əʊˈɪː- a bunch of flowers, esp a large carefully arranged one
  2. Also callednosebuːˈkeɪ the characteristic aroma or fragrance of a wine or liqueur
  3. a compliment or expression of praise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bouquet1

1710–20; < French: bunch, originally thicket, grove; Old French bosquet, equivalent to bosc wood (< Germanic; bosk, bush 1 ) + -et -et
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bouquet1

C18: from French: thicket, from Old French bosc forest, wood, probably of Germanic origin; see bush 1
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But then he returned with a giant bouquet of flowers and promised her he didn't want to waste her time.

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Hundreds of people gathered in the streets holding bouquets and waved flags as the Royal couple arrived.

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But on a dreary Sunday afternoon last fall, bouquets of white roses and blue hydrangeas enlivened the Spanish marble columbarium where Drakeo the Ruler is interred.

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But as the whole of Galen Center stood in her honor Sunday, Marshall smiled wide and flexed to the crowd, before raising a bursting bouquet of red roses into the air.

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The bouquet of bookbinding and pulpy paper makes for a most intoxicating inhale.

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