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noun Also called floss silk (for defs. 1-3).
1.
the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
2.
silk filaments with little or no twist, used in weaving as brocade or in embroidery.
3.
any silky, filamentous matter, as the silk of corn.
verb (used without object)
5.
to use dental floss on the teeth.
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Flossing
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used with object)
6.
to clean (the teeth) with dental floss.
Origin:
1750–60; probably < French floche, as in soie floche floss silk, Old French flosche down, velvet pile (of uncertain origin)
1750–60; probably < French floche, as in soie floche floss silk, Old French flosche down, velvet pile (of uncertain origin)
Related forms
floss·er, noun
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Word Origin & History
floss
"rough silk," 1759, from Fr. floche "tuft of wool," from floc, from L. floccus "tuft of wool." Or from an unrecorded O.E. or O.N. word from the root of Du. flos "plush" (17c.). In "The Mill on the Floss" the word Floss is the proper name of a fictitious river in the Eng. Midlands.
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