Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small, often decorative bottle with a tight-fitting stopper or cap.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An old form of bottle having a screw-top, especially a pilgrims' bottle: as, a flacon of perfume, or of salts.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small glass bottle with a stopper.
Etymologies
- Borrowed from French flacon. (Wiktionary)
- French, from Old French; see flagon. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Of John Varvatos' stunning new fragrance, the copywriter gushed, "... an intricate yet bold blend of rose absolute and a coffee bean accord ... presented in a heavy metal flacon for a rock and roll vibe.”
“Not a word was exchanged between Paul and his vis-à-vis until, towards the close of the meal, the lady's attendant brought to her a small tray of silver with a fine little flacon of transparent Venetian ware, and a liqueur-glass upon it.”
“I haven't had any for a long time so, next time I go to France, I'd like to buy “un petit flacon d'alcool de menthe Ricqlès”.”
“Using powerful X-rays, the remains of a dried-out fluid were discovered at the bottom of the flacon.”
“She ran her finger over her handwritten notes detailing what had been missing: “one silver-plated flacon, origin unknown.””
“The shot grew grainier as it got larger, but Anya could see the object she held more clearly: a silver flacon, decorated in a pattern of vines and leaves muddied by the resolution.”
“Hence the Warhol-designed mélange of exclamation-point heels and high-button boots that covers the flacon.”
“He may have picked up the ball, but Chanel ran with it: In 1921, she came out with Chanel No. 5, which is still considered the most successful fragrance of all time and is sold to this day in an unadorned square flacon.”
“These come as an addition to the selection at Blunda in the past 2 years - Espionage, Tamya, Finjan & Palas Atena which were offered only in the oil base flacon, but will now be available also in 9ml parfum extrait alcohol base, and 5ml roll-on bottles.”
“The only one perfume I could actually detect the boronia in is Diorissimo in parfum extrait I bought a flacon some 8 years ago and it's pure heaven.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘flacon’.
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nouns
enfleurage, fautor, mafia, haslet, chopine, sea-gate, cantillation, formicary, go-devil, Gongorism, mamzer, mazarine and 147 more...
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phrontistery - f
from phrontistery.info
fabaceous, fabiform, fabulist, faburden, face-cord, facetiae, facia, facinorous, factious, factitious, factitive, factive and 418 more...
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Perfumery
perfume, perfumer, aromachologist, fougère, le nez, civet, perfumer's organ, Tapputi, Eau de Cologne, eau de toilette, eau de perfume, eaux and 92 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, F
felony, frolic, fend, fuselage, farthingale, freewheeling, frigorific, flummery, fancypants, felsitic, flagstone, flageolet and 295 more...
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
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ifjuly's list
favorite words. some are made up injokes between me and my husband or family.
skein, zaftig, july, bed, orifice, aesthete, ink, parce-que, desormais, cake, pusillanimous, pulse and 531 more...
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Nifty Misc
rechauffe, merrythought, fossick, flacon, douceur, prandial, barbican, chuffed, whinge, bumf, knackered, ponce and 37 more...
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