moires\'

[mwahr, mawr, mohr]

Origin

noun

any moiré fabric.

Origin:
1650–60; < French < English mohair

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Moires' is always a great word to know.

So is zedonk. Does it mean:

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

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adjective

(of silks and other fabrics) presenting a watery or wavelike appearance.

noun

a design pressed on silk, rayon, etc., by engraved rollers.

any silk, rayon, etc., fabric with a watery or wavelike appearance.

Printing. an interference pattern of dots appearing in the print of process color.

Origin:
1810–20; < French; see moire, -ee

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Word Origin & History

moire

"watered silk," 1660, from Fr.; see mohair. As an adj., moiré "having the appearance of watered silk," it is attested from 1823.

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