Definition of "bowtie" [bowtie]

• A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat. (noun)
• Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied. (adjective)

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• "There was a completely delightful visage of writers from dapper individuals bedecked in bowtie and hats in jaunty angles to those disheveled ‘deer caught in the headlamp stares’ as newly published authors; hard to fathom that their manuscript had caught the imagination of a publishing house, clambered onto stage to face hundreds of admiring fans."
• "Simon Le Bon's bowtie is undone and keyboard player Nick Rhodes is smiling his Mona Lisa smile, suggesting now, as then, that he has a bit more of a handle on irony than bassist Roger Taylor."
• "That bowtie is really a samurai sword in disguise, after all!"