moiré

[mwah-rey, mawr-ey, mohr-ey; Fr. mwa-rey]

moi·ré

[mwah-rey, mawr-ey, mohr-ey; Fr. mwa-rey]
adjective
1.
(of silks and other fabrics) presenting a watery or wavelike appearance.
noun
2.
a design pressed on silk, rayon, etc., by engraved rollers.
3.
any silk, rayon, etc., fabric with a watery or wavelike appearance.
4.
Printing. an interference pattern of dots appearing in the print of process color.

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Moiré is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

Origin:
1810–20; < French; see moire, -ee
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moiré (ˈmwɑːreɪ)
 
adj
1.  having a watered or wavelike pattern
 
n
2.  such a pattern, impressed on fabrics by means of engraved rollers
3.  any fabric having such a pattern; moire
4.  Also: moiré pattern a pattern seen when two geometrical patterns, such as grids, are visually superimposed
 
[C17: from French, from moiremohair]

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