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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bouquet

French for nosegay.

“Mr. Disraeli was able to make a financial statement burst into a bouquet of flowers.” —McCarthy: Our Own Times, vol. iii. chap. xxx. p. 11.

The bouquet of wine,

also called its nosegay, is its aroma.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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