finery
盛装
解説 Definition
華やかで美しい衣服や装飾品。特別な場にふさわしい華麗な服装。
Finery means expensive, beautiful clothes or decorations worn for a special occasion. It is often used when someone is dressed in a very elegant or showy way. The word has a slightly old-fashioned or literary feeling.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
fine を「上質な・見栄えのする」と知っていれば、finery は「fine なもの一式」とまとめて覚えると残りやすい語です。特に日用品ではなく、結婚式・舞踏会・式典のような場で身につける華やかな服装や飾りを指します。dressed in her finery, wedding finery の形で出やすく、単なる jewelry だけでなく、着飾った全体像を思い浮かべるのがコツです。
Build this word from `fine` plus `-ery`, which often suggests a collection of things. So `finery` is easy to remember as a set of fine, showy items. It often appears with ideas like family jewels, display, or special decorations. Focus on ornaments and fancy things worn or shown, not all clothing in general.
例文
The guests arrived at the gala dressed in their finest finery.
招待客たちは最高の盛装に身を包んでガラパーティーに到着した。
She displayed all her finery on the bed, deciding which dress to wear to the ball.
彼女はすべての華やかな衣装をベッドの上に広げ、舞踏会にどのドレスを着るか決めていた。
The peacock spread its tail feathers, showing off nature's own finery.
孔雀は尾羽を広げ、自然が生み出した華やかな装飾を見せびらかした。
finery の類義語・関連語
finery の語源・成り立ち Etymology
finery は fine に名詞化の -ery が付いた語です。fine は古フランス語 fin を経てラテン語 finis「終わり・境界」に連なり、finish や final と同根。『仕上がりが極まったもの』という感覚から、華やかな衣装や装飾品を指すようになりました。
Finery was formed from fine with the noun ending -ery. Fine came through Old French from Latin finis, meaning "end" or "boundary," and is related to final and finish. The idea was something brought to a perfect finish, and from there it came to mean elegant clothes or ornaments.
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