Bouquet Meaning
/buːˈkeɪ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA bunch of cut flowers.
nounA decoratively arranged bunch of something.
Sentence Examples
The actress was presented a bouquet of flowers after the performance.
This wine has a good bouquet.
CEFR Practice Quiz
For her birthday, he presented her with a beautiful ____ of red roses and lilies.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He bought a beautiful ____ of red roses for his wife on their wedding day.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *buskaz Frankish *buskbor. Early Medieval Latin boscus Old French boisder. Old French bochet French bouquetubor. English bouquet Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Doublet of bosket.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Aunt Cass rearranged the bouquet of spoons in the little vase on the table."
— 2005, Mildred M. Jeffrey, Walking the Cliffs, page 10:
"Since his early death in 1953, a cult, small and select, has grown up around him […]. This coterie maintains that Burns was a writer of near transcendent genius […] whose first novel received enormous bouquets from the critics but who was hounded to death by those same critics when they learned he was a fag."
— 1977 August 20, Robert Etherington, “John Horne Burns and His Enemies”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 10:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
For her birthday, he presented her with a beautiful ____ of red roses and lilies.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He bought a beautiful ____ of red roses for his wife on their wedding day.