corsage

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UK/kɔːˈsɑːʒ/US/kɔɹˈsɑʒ/

noun

A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.

Similar
bouquetposynosegay
OriginFrench corsage ← Old French cors ← Latin corpus →
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Meanings

nouncorsage (plural corsages)

plural corsages

  1. A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.

    Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?

    2011, “The Weekend” (32:42 from the start), in Homeland, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes)
    1 more example

    Here, I got a corsage for you to give to Jenna. I don't know if kids still do corsages. I always got ones for Darius' girlfriends. This one is made with lilies.

    2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 28 Aug 2025, page 82
  2. historicalThe waist or bodice of a woman's dress.

    She now selected a slinky garment, composed of what male writers call “some soft, clinging material,” with a corsage which outlined her figure and a skirt which waved tempestuously around her ankles.

    1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XVIII, in Have His Carcase
  3. obsoleteThe size or shape of a person's body.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

Similar
bouquetposynosegay
Broader
flower arrangementfloral arrangement
Also see
bouquetnosegayposy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*krep-
  2. Proto-Italic*korpos
  3. Latincorpus
  4. Old Frenchcors
  5. Frenchcorsage
  6. Englishcorsage

Borrowed from French corsage.

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Translations

Bulgarian корсаж
  • корсаж (korsaž)bodice of a woman's dress
Czech kytička, korzáž
  • kytičkasmall bouquet of flowers
  • korzážsmall bouquet of flowers
  • živůtekbodice of a woman's dress
French petit bouquet, corsage
  • petit bouquetsmall bouquet of flowers
  • corsagebodice of a woman's dress
Indonesian korsase, korsase
  • korsasesmall bouquet of flowers
  • korsasebodice of a woman's dress
Japanese コサージュ, コルサージュ
  • コサージュ (kosāju)small bouquet of flowers
  • コルサージュ (korusāju)small bouquet of flowers
  • コサージュ (kosāju)bodice of a woman's dress
  • コルサージュ (korusāju)bodice of a woman's dress
Portuguese corpete
  • corpetebodice of a woman's dress
Spanish corpiño
  • corpiñobodice of a woman's dress

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

socager
Cite this entry
APA

corsage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corsage

MLA

“corsage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corsage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corsage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corsage.

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