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Etymology
From nose#Noun|nose + gay#Adjective|gay
Noun
en-noun
- A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs, tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift on meeting, and originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation, or to mask unpleasant odours.
Quotations
2007 September 11, Donald G. McNeil?, Jr., "In India, a Quest to Ease the Pain of the Dying", in The New York Times,
:The 80-year-old Government Opium and Alkaloid Works in Neemuch smells better than it looks. The turfy-chocolaty nosegay of raw opium wafts from hundreds of milk cans.
Translations
trans-top|A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs.
Finnish: t|fi|kukkakimppu
German: t|de|Biedermeiersträu�chen n, t|de|Blumensträu�chen n, t|de|Sträu�chen n
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Icelandic: t|is|blómvöndur m
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See also
bouquet
corsage
posy
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