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damask

/ˈdæməsk/DA-muhsk
/ˈdæməsk/DA-muhsk

MeaningDamascus

Common meaning: patterned woven fabric

Journey through time

  1. LatinDamascus‘Damascus’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsDamascus → figured clothdamaske‘figured cloth’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsfigured cloth → patterned woven fabricdamask‘patterned woven fabric’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin Damascus ‘Damascus’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DAMASK, p. 151 · dictionary scan

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