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o·ri·ga·mi    Audio Help   [awr-i-gah-mee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -mis for 2.
1.the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
2.an object made by origami.
[Origin: 1920–25; < Japn, equiv. to ori fold + -gami, comb. form of kami paper]
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n.   pl. o·ri·ga·mis
  1. The art or process, originating in Japan, of folding paper into shapes representing flowers and birds, for example.
  2. A decorative object made by folding paper.


[Japanese : ori, to fold + kami, paper.]

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origami 
1956, from Japanese origami, from ori "fold" + kami "paper."

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