The Bouquet

bouquet |bōˈkā, bo͞o-| noun 1 an attractively arranged bunch of flowers, esp. one presented as a gift or carried at a ceremony. • an expression of approval; a compliment. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French (earlier ‘clump of trees’), from a dialect variant of Old French bos ‘wood.’ Sense 2 dates from the mid 19th century.