corsage
Americannoun
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a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
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the body or waist of a dress; bodice.
noun
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a flower or small bunch of flowers worn pinned to the lapel, bosom, etc, or sometimes carried by women
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the bodice of a dress
Etymology
Origin of corsage
1475–85; < Middle French: bodily shape (later: bust, bodice, corsage), equivalent to cors body (< Latin corpus ) + -age -age
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The stolen items included sapphire and emerald sets once worn by Napoleon’s wives and Empress Eugénie’s diamond corsage brooch.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025
The often colourful Harry Styles, who has four nominations, wore a flared black jacket and trousers, with an enormous matching corsage on his neck.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2023
The production, directed with colorful flamboyance by Alex Timbers, wears its artifice like a bubblegum corsage.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2022
Where that version accentuated the material like a wrist corsage, this staging feels out of step.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022
An orchid corsage in hand, I picked up Melba June and together we strolled into the Big Creek High School gymnasium, a proud couple.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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