organdy

English
Young lady in an organdy dress. Circa 1900. Valencian Museum of Ethnology.

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Etymology

From French organdi

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɡəndi/

Noun

organdy (countable and uncountable, plural organdies)

  1. A fine, transparent fabric made from cotton, and usually stiffened.
    • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 445:
      Beside them stood a puzzled female dwarf with a hideously rouged face as if ready for the circus; she was clad in white organdie with a marriage veil.

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