flokati

[ floh-kah-tee ]

noun,plural flo·ka·tis.
  1. a thick, woolen rug with a shaggy pile, originally handwoven in Greece.

Origin of flokati

1
First recorded in 1965–70; from Modern Greek phlokátē “a blanket or sleeveless cape of shaggy cloth,” from Balkan Romani; compare Vlach flucat “shaggy, fleecy,” from Vulgar Latin; see floccus, -ate1

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British Dictionary definitions for flokati

flokati

/ (fləˈkɑːtɪ) /


noun
  1. a Greek hand-woven shaggy woollen rug

Origin of flokati

1
C20: from Modern Greek phlokatē a peasant's blanket

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