Calico
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See also: calicò
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- callico (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Calicut, in India, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”), with ‘y’ replaced by interchangeable ‘zh’.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
calico (countable and uncountable, plural calicos or calicoes)
- (textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
- 1832, Michael Faraday, “Experimental Researches in Electricity”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, volume 122, , →JSTOR, page 126:
- This helix was covered with calico, and then a second wire applied in the same manner.
- 2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Trussed in corsets, jawbone-high collars and calicos that had seen better days, they have little enough to work with, their attempts at coquetry further constrained by their rigid mores of the day.
- (countable, zoology) Ellipsis of calico cat.
- 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 111:
- One of them, a calico whose half-grown kittens he just fed, slow-blinks at him, an affectionate gesture.
- (uncountable) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
kind of cloth
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cat
Adjective[edit]
calico
- Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
- Synonym: tortoiseshell
- The calico cat had distinctive red and dark markings.
- The calico-patterned tablecloths were supposed to make the restaurant look rustic; instead, they made it look run down.
- 1976, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Sara”, in Desire:
- Sara, oh Sara / Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress
Translations[edit]
having a pattern of red and contrasting areas
Further reading[edit]
- calico (textile) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- calico cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English calico or French calicot.
Noun[edit]
calico n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of calico (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) calico | calicoul |
genitive/dative | (unui) calico | calicoului |
vocative | calicoule |