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orfevrerie

orfevrerie noun: the work or trade of a goldsmith.

Noun

orfevrerie (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The work or trade of a goldsmith.
    • Useful medicine and physic rubbed shoulders with promiscuously mixed anomalies, gems, and orfevrerie.1994, Barbara Maria Stafford, Artful Science, page 242

Origin of orfevrerie

From Middle English orfeovre, from Middle French orfaverie, orfavrerie (modern orfèvrerie).

Questions about orfevrerie

What does orfevrerie mean?
Orfevrerie means the work or trade of a goldsmith.
What part of speech is orfevrerie?
Orfevrerie is a noun.

Words near orfevrerie in the dictionary

  1. Orfed
  2. orfen
  3. ORFeome
  4. ORFeomes
  5. orfes
  6. orfevrerie
  7. Orff-Schulwerk
  8. Orffian
  9. orfgild
  10. Orford
  11. Orfords

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