shagreen

English
A shagreen-covered box.

Etymology

1677, Anglicized form of chagrin, from French chagrin, from Turkish sağrı.[1][2][3]

However, the etymology of French chagrin is complex and disputed, likely of Germanic origin – whether there was any influence between an existing French word of Germanic origin and a Turkish loan is unclear.

Pronunciation

Noun

shagreen (countable and uncountable, plural shagreens)

  1. An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.

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Verb

shagreen (third-person singular simple present shagreens, present participle shagreening, simple past and past participle shagreened)

  1. (transitive) To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.

References
  1. "shagreen." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.
  2. “shagreen” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
  3. Webster's New World College Dictionary 2010

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