corsage
noun/kɔːˈsɑːʒ/
/kɔːrˈsɑːʒ/
- a small bunch of flowers that is worn on a woman’s dress, for example at a weddingWord Originearly 19th cent. originally referring to the upper part of a woman's dress: French, from Old French cors ‘body’, from Latin corpus.
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