Etymology

marquisette

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Today it means: A sheer cotton fabric used for mosquito nets and curtains Full definition →

French marquise
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  1. French · derived frommarquise
  2. English todaymarquisette

Diminutive of French marquise

Words from the same roots

Frenchmarquise all →

marqueemarquise

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.