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noun
1.
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
2.
something resembling this, as the inflorescence of certain plants, especially that at the summit of a stalk of corn.
verb (used with object)
3.
to furnish or adorn with tassels.
4.
to form into a tassel or tassels.
5.
to remove the tassel from (growing corn) in order to improve the crop.
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Detassel
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verb (used without object)
6.
(of corn) to put forth tassels (often followed by out).
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English (noun) < Old French tas(s)el fastening for cloak < Vulgar Latin *tassellus, blend of Latin tessella (diminutive of tessera die for gaming) and taxillus (diminutive of tālus die for gaming). See tessellate, talus1
1250–1300; Middle English (noun) < Old French tas(s)el fastening for cloak < Vulgar Latin *tassellus, blend of Latin tessella (diminutive of tessera die for gaming) and taxillus (diminutive of tālus die for gaming). See tessellate, talus1
Related forms
tas·sel·er; especially British, tas·sel·ler, noun
tas·sel·ly; especially British, tas·sel·ly, adjective
de·tas·sel, verb (used with object), -seled, -sel·ing or (especially British) -selled, -sel·ling.
un·tas·seled, adjective
un·tas·selled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
tassel
c.1300, "mantle fastener," from O.Fr. tassel "a fastening, clasp" (c.1150), from V.L. *tassellus, said to be from L. taxillus "small die or cube," a dim. of talus "knucklebone, ankle" (see talus (1)). But OED finds this doubtful and calls attention to the variant form tossel
EXPANDand suggests association with toss (v.). Meaning "hanging bunch of small cords" is first recorded late 14c.
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