Definitions for aigrettes

aigrettes ai·grette

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

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

You can make 461 anagrams from letters in aigrettes (aeegirstt).

Definitions for aigrettes

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 aigrettes

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

Examples for aigrettes

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for aigrettes
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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