: an arrangement of flowers worn as a fashion accessory
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe jacket featured pink ribbons with a small corsage pinned to her chest. Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022 The production, directed with colorful flamboyance by Alex Timbers, wears its artifice like a bubblegum corsage.Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 The event will feature music, food, drinks, vendors, a prom costume contest, a corsage making station, a photo station, special prizes and the crowning of a four-legged Prom King and Queen. Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2022 Even the relatively sedate Louis Vuitton suiting of BTS (think tones of clay, sand, white and teal) was punctuated by V’s overblown corsage, like an entire bouquet of paper flowers had attached itself to the side of his jacket.New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022 Helped by fraternity brothers from Alpha Sigma Phi, the dozen Rotaractors gifted each lady with a wrist corsage of silk flowers.cleveland, 3 Mar. 2022 Where that version accentuated the material like a wrist corsage, this staging feels out of step.Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022 Jack’s prom date, Sammy, shows up at the Barlow house, and Lisa takes over putting her wrist corsage on her. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022 For the special occasion, Maddie wore a neon green bodycon dress with a matching blazer, corsage and silver sparkly heels. Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 19 Oct. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
French, bust, bodice, from Old French, bust, from cors body, from Latin corpus