Definitions for boutonnieres

boutonnieres bou·ton·niere

Spelling: [boot-n-eer, boo-tuh n-yair]
IPA: /ˌbut nˈɪər, ˌbu tənˈyɛər/

Boutonnieres is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1164 anagrams from letters in boutonnieres (beeinnoorstu).

Definitions for boutonnieres

noun

  1. a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.
  2. a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.

Origin of boutonnieres

1875-80; French boutonnière buttonhole (bouton button + -ière suffix for things that facilitate the use of that denoted by the stem Latin -āria

Examples for boutonnieres

He lifted the lapel of his coat, carrying the boutonniere to his nose.

Then as she glanced at the lapel of his coat she continued: "And you must have a boutonniere; may I select something for you?"

Seven violets so treated will be sufficient for one boutonniere.

It is a little stringy for a boutonniere, but it fills the modern-trained eye as no other flower can fill it.

No woman ever combined a carnation and a rosebud into a boutonniere.

He seems to have passed it and to have plucked it casually,—but it is a boutonniere with tin foil round it.

No woman ever combined a carnation and a rosebud into a boutonniere.

He seems to have passed it and to have plucked it casually,—but it is a boutonniere with tin foil round it.

Seven violets so treated will be sufficient for one boutonniere.

He lifted the lapel of his coat, carrying the boutonniere to his nose.

It is a little stringy for a boutonniere, but it fills the modern-trained eye as no other flower can fill it.

Then as she glanced at the lapel of his coat she continued: "And you must have a boutonniere; may I select something for you?"

Word Value for boutonnieres
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