jessamy
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun The jasmine.
- noun A dandy: so called, it is said, because it was a habit of fops to wear a sprig of jasmine in their buttonhole.
- adjective Like jasmine in color or perfume.
Examples
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There were also 'jessamy' gloves -- namely, kid gloves perfumed with jessamine; a black velvet mask; a superb painted fan; a box of patches, another of violet powder, another of rouge, and a fourth of pomatum.
The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne), by Emily Sarah Holt
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Fancy a Boston publisher going about his business tricked up in this dandified dress -- a true New England jessamy.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England, by Alice Morse Earle
Note
This word is a corruption of 'jessamine,' which is a variant of 'jasmine.' The word 'jasmine' is Persian in origin.
