Accoutrement: a-ku-tra-mant
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Middle
French, 16th century
1. Items or equipment
to be used for a certain activity
2. An accessory for a piece of clothing or equipment
3. An identifying but
superficial trait
Examples used in a sentence;
1. His jacket was
adorned with the accoutrements of a decorated war hero.
2. Camping is fun,
but I always seem to forget some required accoutrement.
About Accoutrement
Accoutrement shares linguistic French ancestry with one of
English’s most popular French carryovers:
Couture. Both accoutrements and
couture fashion can adorn our bodies.
Did You Know>?
We owe the French for accoutrement, which comes from an Old
French word that means “arrange or sew.”
That’s something you’d likely do with your accoutrement.
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