He asked his girlfriend if she preferred a corsage or a nosegay for the prom.
A nosegay is a bouquet of flowers tied with a ribbon usually for a special occasion.
A corsage is a small grouping of flowers that is pinned on for a special occasion.
The collective noun 'nosegay' is used to group small flowers, for example a nosegay of violets.
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A smallbouquet, generally used in weddings.
The term nosegay arose in 15th-century Middle English as a combination of nose and gay. A nosegay was a small ornamental bouquet worn near about the head or on the bodice that appeals to the nose. This 'kept the nose gay' or 'happy' as it would be known as now.
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"Tussemose" is medieval english for "Nosegay"
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A nosegay; a bunch of flowers., A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine.
'Nosegay' is the term used to refer to a miniature bouquet. They first appear in recorded history in medieval times. Their name comes from combining the words nose and gay - in the Middle Ages, 'gay' meant 'ornament'.