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GREIGE

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greige

  [grey, greyzh]
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–noun
1. Textiles. gray goods.
–adjective
2. unbleached and undyed: greige linen.
Origin:
1925–30; < F grège (of silk) raw < It greggio gray

gray goods

 
–noun
a woven fabric as it comes from the loom and before it has been submitted to the finishing process.
Also called greige, griege.

Origin:
1950–55
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greige   (grā, grāzh)   
adj.  Not bleached or dyed; unfinished. Used of textiles.

[French grège, from Italian (seta) greggia, raw (silk), from greggio, gray, of Germanic origin.]
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Main Entry:  greige2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See gray goods
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