corsage
pronunciation
How to pronounce corsage in British English:
UK [kɔ:ˈsɑ:ʒ]
How to pronounce corsage in American English:
US [kɔrˈsɑʒ]
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- Noun:
- an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
Word Origin
- corsage
- corsage: see corpse
- corsage (n.)
- late 15c., "size of the body," from Old French cors "body" (see corpse); the meaning "body of a woman's dress, bodice" is from 1818 in fashion plates translated from French; 1843 in a clearly English context. Sense of "a bouquet worn on the bodice" is 1911, American English, apparently from French bouquet de corsage "bouquet of the bodice."
Example
- 1. Did she get you a limo and a corsage ?
- 2. Does he want me to get you a corsage ?
- 3. You gonna get her a corsage ?
- 4. I bet darlene would eat her corsage .
- 5. And you better be getting me a corsage .