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Taffeta

//ˈtæ.fɪ.tə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers. countable, uncountable

    "Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?"

  2. 2
    a crisp smooth lustrous fabric wordnet

Etymology

From Late Middle English, from Old French taffetas, from Medieval Latin taffata, from Classical Persian تافته (tāfta), from تافتن (tāftan).

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