Antonyms for aigrette


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ey-gret, ey-gret
Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ grɛt, eɪˈgrɛt


Definition of aigrette

  • As in crest : noun topknot on head of animal
Example sentences :
  • She gave herself airs, and bought an aigrette for her Sunday bonnet.
  • Extract from : « Lady Cassandra » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
  • The Man glanced at the aigrette, smiled discreetly, and said nothing.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Trails » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • The law is in effect; and the aigrette business is dead in this state.
  • Extract from : « Our Vanishing Wild Life » by William T. Hornaday
  • From the aigrette in her hair to the paste buckle on her shoe she was mondaine.
  • Extract from : « Hilda » by Sarah Jeanette Duncan
  • If I am correctly informed, the London feather trade admits that it requires six egrets to yield one "ounce" of aigrette plumes.
  • Extract from : « Our Vanishing Wild Life » by William T. Hornaday
  • Miss Pritchett flushed and tossed her head till the aigrette in her smart little bonnet shook like a leaf.
  • Extract from : « A Lost Cause » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • He published a succession of pages showing the frightful cost at which the aigrette was secured.
  • Extract from : « The Americanization of Edward Bok » by Edward William Bok
  • Because I am a woman: I realize that no head ornament will set off my hair so well as an aigrette.
  • Extract from : « The Americanization of Edward Bok » by Edward William Bok
  • The demand for the aigrette constantly increased and rose to hitherto unknown figures.
  • Extract from : « The Americanization of Edward Bok » by Edward William Bok
  • Her daughter, Lady Dering, came also arrayed in a queenly dress of amber silk with an aigrette of feathers in her hair.
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Gate, a new edition » by Walter Besant

Synonyms for aigrette

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