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paisley en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpeɪzli/
Etymology
From Paisley, Renfrewshire, in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Made from this fabric, or marked with this design.
I shall be wearing a Paisley shawl with a red centre, and thus may easily be found.
1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge:He would be in his paisley silk dressing gown.
2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 173:
paisley en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpeɪzli/
Etymology
From Paisley, Renfrewshire, in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A motif of a swirling droplet.
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(countable, uncountable) A soft woollen fabric having this motif.
Forms
Deriveds
paisleylike · paisleyed
Synonyms
boteh · Welsh pear · Persian pickle
Translations (18)
zh 變形蟲花布 /变形虫花布 (fabric) · ja ペーズリー (motif) · nl paisley-stof (fabric) · ru «туре́цкие огурцы́» (motif) · de Paisleymuster (motif) · az buta (motif) · id keongan (motif) · de Paisley (motif) · cmn 變形蟲紋 /变形虫纹 (motif) · fi kašmirkuvioinen kangas (fabric) · fa سرو خمیده (motif) · cmn 佩斯利紋 /佩斯利纹 (motif) · fr motif cachemire (motif) · fa بته جقه (motif) · zh 佩斯利花布 (fabric) · pl paisley (motif) · fi kašmirkuvio (motif) · nl paisley (motif)