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boutonniered

boutonniered adjective: wearing a boutonniere.

Adjective

boutonniered (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a boutonniere.
    • 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.2009 May 24, Sara Corbett, “A Prom Divided”, in New York Times

Origin of boutonniered

From boutonniere + -ed.

Questions about boutonniered

What does boutonniered mean?
Boutonniered means wearing a boutonniere.
What part of speech is boutonniered?
Boutonniered is an adjective.

Words near boutonniered in the dictionary

  1. bouton
  2. boutonneuse fever
  3. boutonniere
  4. boutonniere deformities
  5. boutonniere deformity
  6. boutonniered
  7. boutonnieres
  8. boutonnière
  9. boutonnières
  10. boutons
  11. Boutros

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