cloque

 [kloh-key]  

clo·que

   [kloh-key]
noun
1.
an embossed or quilted fabric. Compare matelassé.
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adjective
2.
having a small, irregular pattern or figured motif woven into a fabric to give a puckered or quilted effect.

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Cloque is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Also, clo·qué, cloky.

Origin:
1945–50; < French: cloqué embossed, blistered, equivalent to dialectal French (Picard ) cloque bell, blister (see cloak) + -é < Latin -ātus -ate1
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