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boutonniered en · ADJ

Etymology

From boutonniere + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Wearing 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: