sycee
English
Etymology
From Cantonese 細絲 (sai3 si1, “fine silk”), variously explained as owing to the bullion's ability to be worked into fine strands or from the resemblance of its luster.
Noun
sycee (countable and uncountable, plural sycees)
Synonyms
- yuanbao
References
- American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed. "sycee". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2011.
- Collins American English Dictionary. "sycee". Collins, 2016.
- Merriam-Webster Online. "sycee". 2015.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "sycee, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1919.
- Random House Dictionary. "sycee". 2016.
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