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moire

  [mwahr, mawr, mohr]
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–noun
any moiré fabric.
Origin:
1650–60; < F < E mohair

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.
Origin:
1810–20; < F; see moire, -ee
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moire   (mwär, mwä-rā', môr, mô-rā')   
n.  A watered or moiré fabric.

[French; see moiré.]
moi·ré   (mwä-rā', mô-)   
adj.  Having a wavy or rippled surface pattern. Used of fabric.
n.  

  1. Fabric, such as silk or rayon, finished so as to have a wavy or rippled surface pattern.

  2. A similar pattern produced on cloth by engraved rollers.


[French, from past participle of moirer, to water, from mouaire, moire, moiré fabric, probably alteration of English mohair.]
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Word Origin & History

moire  (n.)
"watered silk," 1660, from Fr.; see mohair. As an adj., moiré "having the appearance of watered silk," it is attested from 1823.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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