parure

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English

Etymology

Old French pareure, parure. See French parure below.

Pronunciation

Noun

parure (plural parures)

  1. A set of jewellery to be worn together.
    • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “Who Stole the Black Diamonds ?”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
      “… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted. []
    • 1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin, published 2001, page 202:
      Why, then, was she not in Bond Street, as advertised, scribbling her signature on Travellers' Cheques and scooping up emerald parures and things?

Anagrams

French

Etymology

First attested in Old French, from parer +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ʁyʁ/
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Noun

parure f (plural parures)

  1. parure
  2. finery
  3. adornment

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parure.

Noun

parure f (invariable)

  1. a set of matching lingerie or jewellery