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organdy
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Word definitions for organdy in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sheer stiff muslin [syn: organdie ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Organdy or organdie is the sheerest and crispest cotton cloth made. Combed yarns contribute to its appearance.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Organdie \Or"gan*die\, Organdy \Or"gan*dy\, n. [F. organdi.] A kind of transparent light but stiff muslin.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"fine transparent muslin," 1829, from French organdi , defined as "sorte de Mousseline ou toile de coton" (1725), of unknown origin. Barnhart suggests it is an alteration of Organzi , from medieval form of Urgench , city in Uzbekistan that was a cotton ...
Usage examples of organdy.
Hard on their heels came Mesdames Celeste and Elizabeth, accompanied by a bevy of seamstresses bearing armsful of muslins, crapes, taffetas, organdies, hand-painted Chinese silks, and Indian silks.
Appareled in cymars and mantles, in sendaline and jaconet and organdy like the cortege of a celebration, they followed Linden as if to do her honor.
She wore a gown of light blue organdy with frothy ruffles at the throat and wrists, and her hair was caught in a mass of soft ringlets with narrow blue ribbons falling over the cascading curls.
As usual, I was struck by the relationship between her surroundings, the surroundings Winifred had chosen for her—the dainty prints, the ribbon rosebuds, the organdies, the flounces—and Laura herself.
It was not a pretty outfit, and it was a far cry from the organdies and velvets of her childhood, forgotten luxuries by now.
And yet you squander those riches on croquet and organdies and trumpery works of art.