finery (redirected from fineries)

fin·er·y  (fn-r)

n. pl. fin·er·ies

Elaborate adornment, especially fine clothing and accessories.

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finery¹

n

elaborate or showy decoration, esp clothing and jewellery

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finery²

n pl -eries

(Engineering / Metallurgy) a hearth for converting cast iron into wrought iron

[from Old French finerie, from finer to refine; see fine¹]

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Finery best clothes; rich wearing apparel, 1680.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

finery - elaborate or showy attire and accessories attire, garb, dress - clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" Sunday best, Sunday clothes - the best attire you have which is worn to church on Sunday

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finery

noun splendour, trappings, frippery, glad rags (informal), gear (informal), decorations, ornaments, trinkets, Sunday best, gewgaws, showiness, best bib and tucker (informal) the wedding guests in all their finery

Translations

finery [ˈfaɪnərɪ] N → galas fpl
spring in all its finery (liter) → la primavera con todo su esplendor

finery [ˈfaɪnəri] n → parure f

finery

n

(of dress) → Staat m; (liter, of nature etc) → Pracht f; she had never seen so much finery → sie hatte noch nie eine solche Pracht gesehen; wedding guests in all their finery → Hochzeitsgäste in vollem Staat

(Metal, = furnace) → Frischofen m

finery [ˈfaɪnərɪ] n → abiti mpl eleganti
to be dressed in all one's finery → essere tutto/a in ghingheri