charmeuse

[shahr-mooz, -moos; Fr. shar-mœz]

char·meuse

[shahr-mooz, -moos; Fr. shar-mœz]
noun
a soft, lightweight, drapable fabric of silk or synthetic fibers, having a semilustrous satin face and a dull back.

Origin:
1905–10; formerly trademark
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Charmeuse is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Charmeuse (ʃɑːˈmuːz, French ʃarmøz)
 
n
trademark a lightweight fabric with a satin-like finish

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