Kleenex
nɛks Trademark.
a brand name for a soft, disposable paper tissue, used especially as a handkerchief.
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| —n , pl -ex, -exes | |
| trademark a kind of soft paper tissue, used esp as a handkerchief | |
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Kleenex
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| 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. |
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Word Origin & History
Kleenex
1925, proprietary name, reg. by Cellucotton Products Company, Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S.; later Kimberly-Clark Corp. An arbitrary alteration of clean + brand-name suffix -ex.
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