boutonniered

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adjective

Wearing a boutonniere.

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Meanings

adjectiveboutonniered (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWearing 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

From boutonniere + -ed.

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APA

boutonniered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boutonniered

MLA

“boutonniered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boutonniered. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boutonniered,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boutonniered.

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