orfevrerie

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noun

The work or trade of a goldsmith.

OriginMiddle English orfeovre ← Middle French orfaverie →
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Meanings

nounorfevrerie (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe work or trade of a goldsmith.

    Useful medicine and physic rubbed shoulders with promiscuously mixed anomalies, gems, and orfevrerie.

    1994, Barbara Maria Stafford, Artful Science, page 242

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchorfaverie
  2. Middle Englishorfeovre
  3. Englishorfevrerie

From Middle English orfeovre, from Middle French orfaverie, orfavrerie (modern orfèvrerie).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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