Meanings
lurex1
nounlurex (uncountable)
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Lurex.
Lurex2
nounLurex (uncountable)
alternative lurex
- uncountableA form of yarn (or fabric made from it) that incorporates a glittering metallic thread.
As someone who can shoot on target, keep watch while you sleep and look smoking in a leather jacket or a sparkly, silver lurex sweater, [Pedro Pascal is] the poster boy for what the zaddy's all about.
2023 March 18, Jo Ellison, “Have you got zaddy issues?”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21
Origin
Marketing coinage; lure + -ex.
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APA
lurex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lurex
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“lurex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lurex. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lurex,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lurex.
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