Boutonniered
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Wearing a boutonniere. not-comparable
"Standing amid a crowd of about 80 parents, siblings and grandparents, they snapped pictures and whooped appreciatively as their white friends — blow-dried, boutonniered and glittering in a way that only high-school seniors can — did their “senior walk,” parading in elegant pairs into the prom."
Example
More examples"Standing amid a crowd of about 80 parents, siblings and grandparents, they snapped pictures and whooped appreciatively as their white friends — blow-dried, boutonniered and glittering in a way that only high-school seniors can — did their “senior walk,” parading in elegant pairs into the prom."
Etymology
From boutonniere + -ed.
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