d'orsay

noun

d'or·​say

(ˈ)dȯr¦sā,

-¦zā

variants or d'orsay pump

often capitalized D&O

: a pump-type shoe or slipper made with a circular vamp and a quarter that curves to meet the vamp at the shank line

Word History

Etymology

after Count Alfred G.G. d'Orsay †1852 French society leader and arbiter of fashion

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