Definition of Boutonniere

1. Noun. A flower that is worn in a buttonhole.

Generic synonyms: Adornment

Definition of Boutonniere

1. Noun. A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of boutonniere) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boutonniere

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Boutonniere

1. A traumatically produced slit or buttonhole-like opening. Origin: Fr. Buttonhole (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boutonniere

boutade
boutades
boutefeu
boutefeus
boutfit
boutique
boutiquelike
boutiques
boutiquey
bouton
bouton de Bagdad
bouton de Biskra
boutonne
boutonneuse
boutonneuse fever
boutonniere (current term)
boutonniere deformity
boutonniered
boutonnieres
boutons
bouts
bouts-rimés
boutye
bouvardia
bouvardias
bouvier
bouviers
bouy
bouyant
bouzouki

Literary usage of Boutonniere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Society Verse by American Writers edited by Ernest De Lancey Pierson (1887)
"A boutonniere! A dainty thing- ** Were Ia poet I would sing In flowing verse thy beauties rare, O boutonniere! The steel-clad knight wore on his crest A ..."

2. Diseases of the Urinary Organs: A Compendium of Their Diagnosis, Pathology by William Wallace Morland (1858)
"THE BUTTON-HOLE INCISION FOR IMPASSABLE STRICTURE ; LA boutonniere OF THE FRENCH. There has been very great diversity of opinion in reference to this ..."

3. The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal (1873)
"I mean la boutonniere as it is described in my second classification, that is upon the point of a staff. Here we are in front of the stricture, ..."

4. Good Manners by Eliza M ] [Lavin (1889)
"She received the guests in person and presented each gentleman with a boutonniere, for which he paid a sum considerably above its value it is true, ..."

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