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tif⋅fa⋅ny

  [tif-uh-nee]
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–noun, plural -nies.
a sheer, mesh fabric constructed in plain weave, originally made of silk but now often made of cotton or synthetic fibers.
Origin:
1250–1300; 1595–1605 for current sense; perh. punning use of the earlier word, ME: feast of the Epiphany < OF tiphanie Epiphany < LL theophania. See theophany
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Tif⋅fa⋅ny

  [tif-uh-nee]
–noun
1. Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
2. his son, Louis Com⋅fort  [kuhm-fert] , 1848–1933, U.S. painter and decorator, esp. of glass.
3. a female given name.
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tif·fa·ny   (tĭf'ə-nē)   
n.   pl. tif·fa·nies
A thin, transparent gauze of silk or cotton muslin.

[Probably from obsolete French tiphanie, Epiphany, from Old French, from Late Latin theophania; see theophany.]
Tif·fa·ny   (tĭf'ə-nē)   
American artist who developed an opalescent colored glass that he used in stained-glass windows, lamps, and other decorations.
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Word Origin & History

tiffany 
"type of thin, transparent fabric," 1601; earlier a common name for the festival of the Epiphany (1323, in Anglo-Fr. from 1292), from O.Fr. Tifinie, Tiphanie (c.1200), from L.L. Theophania "Theophany," another name for the Epiphany, from Gk. theophania "the manifestation of a god."Also popular in O.Fr. and M.E. as a name given to girls born on Epiphany Day. The fabric sense is found only in Eng. and is of obscure origin and uncertain relation to the other meanings, unless as a fanciful allusion to "manifestation:"
"The invention of that fine silke, Tiffanie, Sarcenet, and Cypres, which instead of apparell to cover and hide, shew women naked through them." [Holland's "Pliny," 1601]
The fashionable N.Y. jewelry firm Tiffany & Co. (1895) is named for its founder, goldsmith Charles L. Tiffany (1812-1902) and his son, Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933), who was the Art Nouveau decorator noted for his glassware. The surname is attested in Eng. from 1206.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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