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boutique

[ boo-teek ]

noun

  1. a small shop or a small specialty department within a larger store, especially one that sells fashionable clothes and accessories or a special selection of other merchandise.
  2. any small, exclusive business offering customized service:

    Our advertising is handled by a new Madison Avenue boutique.

  3. Informal. a small business, department, etc., specializing in one aspect of a larger industry:

    one of Wall Street's leading research boutiques.



adjective

  1. of, designating, or characteristic of a small, exclusive producer or business:

    one of California's best boutique wineries.

boutique

/ buːˈtiːk /

noun

  1. a shop, esp a small one selling fashionable clothes and other items
    1. of or denoting a small specialized producer or business
    2. ( as modifier )

      a boutique winery

  2. a small specialized stall or shopping area within a supermarket, esp selling fresh meat, seafood, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boutique1

1760–70; < French, Middle French, probably < Old Provençal botica, botiga (with Late Greek ē > ī ) < Greek apothḗkē; apothecary, bottega
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boutique1

C18: from French, probably from Old Provençal botica , ultimately from Greek apothēkē storehouse; see apothecary
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Example Sentences

The toilet designed by Tadao Ando for Jingu Dori Park is a circular structure with a tilted engawa roof that could pass for a cafe or a luxury boutique.

From Fortune

Teens ranged around manicured parks taking selfies, while well-groomed women dipped in and out of The Artful Yarn, A Bit of Skirt, and other boho boutiques, cryo spas and vintage home goods stores.

Kristin Tynski is VP of Creative at Fractl, a prominent growth marketing agency that’s worked with Fortune 500 companies and boutique businesses.

The region is filled with fudge shops, boutiques, and handmade jewelry.

It is home to the Cherry Creek Mall, eclectic eateries, and high-end fashion boutiques.

But in those days there were very creative people like Chris Blackwell who really did the first boutique hotel.

There has even been a boutique Indiana brand (W.H. Harrison) bottling factory-made Indiana bourbon.

The hotels sound upscale-boutique, rather than mega-glam behemoths.

Currently before the NLRB is a case concerning the right of workers at the luxury New York boutique Bergdorf Goodman to organize.

I then found myself a small cheap boutique hotel in the ancient quarter, and collapsed onto the bed, exhausted but relieved.

Ces parolles l sont venues de la boutique de Monsieur le Chancellier et non du Roy.

There are no new books but old papiers de famille et d'arrire-boutique dished up.

Somewhat similar is the loss in French of initial a in la boutique for l'aboutique, Greco-Lat.

While I was in the boutique of a little jeweller, the Princess Bariatinski came in, with one of her female attendants.

When they reached the shop, it had only the fille de boutique in it.

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