Definitions for aigrette

aigrette ai·grette

Spelling: [ey-gret, ey-gret]
IPA: /ˈeɪ grɛt, eɪˈgrɛt/

Aigrette is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in aigrette (aeegirtt).

Definitions for aigrette

noun

  1. a plume or tuft of feathers, especially the back plume of any of various herons, arranged as a head ornament.
  2. a jeweled ornament depicting or suggesting this, usually worn in the hair or on a hat.

Origin of aigrette

1635-45; French, equivalent to aigr- (Germanic; compare Old High German heiger heron) + -ette -ette. See egret, heron<

Examples for aigrette

She gave herself airs, and bought an aigrette for her Sunday bonnet.

He published a succession of pages showing the frightful cost at which the aigrette was secured.

From the aigrette in her hair to the paste buckle on her shoe she was mondaine.

The demand for the aigrette constantly increased and rose to hitherto unknown figures.

Because I am a woman: I realize that no head ornament will set off my hair so well as an aigrette.

The Man glanced at the aigrette, smiled discreetly, and said nothing.

If I am correctly informed, the London feather trade admits that it requires six egrets to yield one "ounce" of aigrette plumes.

Miss Pritchett flushed and tossed her head till the aigrette in her smart little bonnet shook like a leaf.

The law is in effect; and the aigrette business is dead in this state.

Her daughter, Lady Dering, came also arrayed in a queenly dress of amber silk with an aigrette of feathers in her hair.

Word Value for aigrette
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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