finery

fin·er·y (f

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n. pl. fin·er·ies

Elaborate adornment, especially fine clothing and accessories.

finery¹

elaborate or showy decoration, esp clothing and jewellery

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]

Finery best clothes; rich wearing apparel, 1680.

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Noun

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

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

(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

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-ery array arrayed Babery caparisoned clothing falalery fallalery Finary frill frippery garb gaud gaudery jewellery Miscellany madam Natural steel plumaged reach-me-down	When the appointed day arrived, and the birds had assembled before Jupiter, the Jackdaw also made his appearance in his many feathered finery. Fables by Aesop View in context The peasant folk, who are naturally malicious, and when they have nothing to do can be malice itself, remarked all this, and took note of his finery and jewellery, piece by piece, and discovered that he had three suits of different colours, with garters and stockings to match; but he made so many arrangements and combinations out of them, that if they had not counted them, anyone would have sworn that he had made a display of more than ten suits of clothes and twenty plumes. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context During as much as two minutes there was a most unnatural and heavenly quiet and repose, then Buffalo Bill came thundering up to the door in all his scout finery, flung himself out of the saddle, said to his horse, "Wait for me, Boy," and stepped in, and stopped dead in his tracks - gazing at the child. A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context	fine-grain fine-grained fine-leafed fine-leaved fine-leaved heath fine-looking fine-mesh fine-spun fine-textured fine-tooth fine-tooth comb fine-toothed fine-toothed comb fine-tune fine-tuning fineable fined Finedraw Finedrawer Finedrawn Fineer Fineless finely fineness Finer finery fines herbes finespun finesse Finestill Finestiller Finew finfish finfoot Fingal's Cave finger finger alphabet Finger bar finger board finger bowl finger buffet finger cot finger cymbals Finger flower finger food finger grass finger hole Finger Lakes finger millet Finger nut finger paint	finely Finely Parallel Multithreaded Processor fineness fineness fineness fineness fineness fineness Fineness modulus Fineness modulus fineness of grind Fineness of Precious Metals Fineness ratio FINEP Fineprint Fineprint finer finer finer finer finer finer Finer Feelings Finer Feelings Finer Feelings Finer Feelings Finer Points Of Life fineries fineries Finers Stephens Innocent finery finery process fines fines fines fines fines fines fines fines herbes fines up fines up fines up fines up Fines, Almería Fines, Almería Fines, Almería Fines, Indisputable Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures System Fines, Spain Fines, Spain Fines, Spain finespun FINESS finesse finesse finesse finesse Finesse Academy of Dancesport finessed

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-ery
array
arrayed
Babery
caparisoned
clothing
falalery
fallalery
Finary
frill
frippery
garb
gaud
gaudery
jewellery
Miscellany madam
Natural steel
plumaged
reach-me-down

When the appointed day arrived, and the birds had assembled before Jupiter, the Jackdaw also made his appearance in his many feathered finery.

Fables by Aesop View in context

The peasant folk, who are naturally malicious, and when they have nothing to do can be malice itself, remarked all this, and took note of his finery and jewellery, piece by piece, and discovered that he had three suits of different colours, with garters and stockings to match; but he made so many arrangements and combinations out of them, that if they had not counted them, anyone would have sworn that he had made a display of more than ten suits of clothes and twenty plumes.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

During as much as two minutes there was a most unnatural and heavenly quiet and repose, then Buffalo Bill came thundering up to the door in all his scout finery, flung himself out of the saddle, said to his horse, "Wait for me, Boy," and stepped in, and stopped dead in his tracks - gazing at the child.

A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context

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