demie parure

noun

a set of luxurious costume, of similar design. The effect is usually of a casual nature, with the demie parure consisting of two items but there may be more.

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Meanings

noundemie parure (plural demie parures)

plural demie parures

  1. historicala set of luxurious costume, of similar design. The effect is usually of a casual nature, with the demie parure consisting of two items but there may be more.

    She had taken off her velvet robe, and was carelessly wrapped in a white silk night-gown, fastened with violet ribands. It was one she had worn in half-mourning, and had all the coquettish elegance of demie parure.

    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 250–251
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