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Dictionary: nose·gay   (nōz'') pronunciation
n.
A small bunch of flowers; a bouquet.

[Middle English : nose, nose; see nose + gai, joyous, ornament; see gay.]


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(NOZ-gay)

noun
A bunch of flowers; bouquet.

Etymology
From Middle English, from nose + gay, from gai (ornament).

Usage
"My nosegays are for captives; Dim, long-expectant eyes, Fingers denied the plucking, Patient till paradise.

"To such, if they should whisper Of morning and the moor, They bear no other errand, And I, no other prayer." — Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, 1924.



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noun

    Cut flowers that have been arranged in a usually small bunch: bouquet, posy. See thing.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A small bunch of flowers.

pronunciation She buried her face in her nosegay as she walked past the king's stables.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - buket

Nederlands (Dutch)
boeket

Français (French)
n. - petit bouquet

Deutsch (German)
n. - (duftendes) Sträußchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανθοδέσμη, μπουκετάκι

Italiano (Italian)
mazzolino di fiori

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ramalhete (m)

Русский (Russian)
букетик цветов

Español (Spanish)
n. - ramillete de flores

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bukett

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
花束

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 花束

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (옷에 다는)작은 꽃다발

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 花束

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) باقه زهر صغيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צרור פרחים‬


 
 
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