Parure
[pә'ruә]
Definition
n. a set of ornaments &c.
Checker: Sondra
Examples
- This semi-mystery of the _parure_ was not solved till two or three days afterwards, when she came to make a voluntary confession. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have no pleasure in looking at you or your _parure_. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Look at this _parure_, said she. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Isidore is the benefactor: that it is from him you have accepted that costly _parure_; that he supplies your bouquets and your gloves? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checker: Sondra