bustier

See also: Bustier

English

A white bustier.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bo͞osʹtē-ā, IPA^(key): /ˈbuːstieɪ/

Noun

bustier (plural bustiers)

1. A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, with covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
   • 2009 February 18, Cathy Horyn, “In the Moment, or Not”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights.

   • 2010, Jane Porter, The Sheikh's Wife, →ISBN:

     Next came the narrow silk straps of her bustier. She pushed the satin fabric down, toward her waist, exposing her breasts.

Synonyms

• bustiere

Translations

a tight-fitting women's top

• Japanese: ビスチェ (bisuche)
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• Portuguese: bustiê (pt) m

Etymology 2

See busty.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bŭsʹtē-ər, IPA^(key): /ˈbʌsti.ə(ɹ)/

Adjective

bustier

1. comparative form of busty: more busty

Anagrams

• biurets, buriest, subtrie

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French

Etymology

buste +‎ -ier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bys.tje/

Noun

bustier m (plural bustiers)

1. bustier (clothing)

Further reading

• “bustier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bitures, bruites, bursite