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buck⋅ram

  [buhk-ruhm] noun, verb, -ramed, -ram⋅ing.
–noun
1. a stiff cotton fabric for interlinings, book bindings, etc.
2. stiffness of manner; extreme preciseness or formality.
–verb (used with object)
3. to strengthen with buckram.
4. Archaic. to give a false appearance of importance, value, or strength to.
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Origin:
1175–1225; ME bukeram < MHG buckeram or OIt bucherame, said to be named after Bukhara, once noted for textiles
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buck·ram   (bŭk'rəm)   
n.  

  1. A coarse cotton fabric heavily sized with glue, used for stiffening garments and in bookbinding.

  2. Archaic Rigid formality.

adj.  Resembling or suggesting buckram, as in stiffness or formality: "a wondrous buckram style" (Thomas Carlyle).
tr.v.   buck·ramed, buck·ram·ing, buck·rams
To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

[Middle English bukeram, fine linen, from Old French boquerant and from Old Italian bucherame, both after Bukhara (Bukhoro), from which fine linen was once imported.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

buckram 
1222, from O.Fr. bouquerant, probably from Bukhara, city in central Asia from which it was imported to Europe. Originally a delicate, costly fabric, it later came to mean coarse linen used for lining. The -m in the Eng. word may indicate It. origin (cf. It. bucherame, 14c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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