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Origin
cig·a·rette
/
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əˈrɛt
,
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əˌrɛt
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noun
a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.
Also,
cig·a·ret
.
Origin:
1820–30;
<
French,
equivalent to
cigare
cigar
+
-ette
-ette
Related forms
an·ti·cig·a·rette,
adjective
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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World English Dictionary
cigarette
or
sometimes
(
US
)
cigaret
(ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt)
—
n
cig
, Shortened forms:
ciggy
a short tightly rolled cylinder of tobacco, wrapped in thin paper and often having a filter tip, for smoking
[C19: from French, literally: a little
cigar
]
cigaret
or
sometimes
(
US
)
cigaret
—
n
[C19: from French, literally: a little
cigar
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
cigarette
1835, Amer.Eng., from Fr. cigarette, dim. of cigare "cigar." Sp. form cigarito, -ita was also popular mid-19c. Slang short form cig attested from c.1889.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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