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bombazeen

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bom⋅ba⋅zine

  [bom-buh-zeen, bom-buh-zeen]
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–noun
a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
Also, bombasine, bom⋅ba⋅zeen.

Origin:
1545–55; earlier bombasin < MF < ML bombasinum, var. of bombȳcinum, n. use of neut. of L bombȳcinus silken < Gk bombȳ́kinos, equiv. to bombȳk-, s. of bómbȳx silkworm + -inos -ine 1
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