mouchoir

mou·choir
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US/muʃˈwɑɹ/UK/muːʃˈwɑː/

noun

A handkerchief.

OriginFrench mouchoir →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounmouchoir (plural mouchoirs)

plural mouchoirs

  1. datedA handkerchief.

    Becky came down to him presently; whenever the dear girl expected his lordship, her toilette was prepared, her hair in perfect order, her mouchoirs, aprons, scarfs, little morocco slippers, and other female gimcracks arranged, […].

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XLVIII, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchmouchoir
  2. Frenchmouchoir
  3. Englishmouchoir

Borrowed from French mouchoir.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mouchoir

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Cite this entry
APA

mouchoir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouchoir

MLA

“mouchoir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouchoir. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mouchoir,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouchoir.

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