parure
/pəˈɹʊə(ɹ)/
parure noun: a set of jewellery to be worn together.
Noun
parure (plural parures)
- A set of jewellery to be worn together.
- “… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted.[…]”1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “Who Stole the Black Diamonds ?”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition...
- But I am heart-set on you, and to win you there is not a precious stone I would leave unturned. Conceive a parure all of white stones—diamonds, white sapphires, white topazes, tourmalines. Another, of rubies and amethysts, set in gold filigree. Rings that once were poison-combs on Florentine...1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC
Examples of parure in a sentence
- Conceive a parure all of white stones—diamonds, white sapphires, white topazes, tourmalines.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published...
- Why, then, was she not in Bond Street, as advertised, scribbling her signature on Travellers' Cheques and scooping up emerald parures and things?1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin, published 2001, page 202:
Forms of parure
| plural | parures |
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Origin of parure
Inherited from Middle English parure, from Old French pareure, parure.
Words that rhyme with parure
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- muir
- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- impure
- lure
- recure
- immature
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- unsure
- adure
- allure
- bonheur du jour
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
- spoor
Questions about parure
- What does parure mean?
- Parure means a set of jewellery to be worn together.
- How do you use parure in a sentence?
- Conceive a parure all of white stones—diamonds, white sapphires, white topazes, tourmalines.
- What part of speech is parure?
- Parure is a noun.
- How do you pronounce parure?
- Parure is pronounced /pəˈɹʊə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of parure?
- The plural of parure is parures.
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