paduasoy

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noun

A rich and heavy silk material.

OriginFrench soie →
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Meanings

nounpaduasoy (countable and uncountable, plural paduasoys)

plural paduasoys · alternative padesoy

  1. countableuncountableA rich and heavy silk material.
  2. countableuncountableA garment made from this material.

    [M]y wife herself retained a passion for her crimson paduasoy, because I formerly happened to say it became her.

    1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 4, in The Vicar of Wakefield

Origin

  1. Frenchsoie“silk”
  2. Englishpaduasoy

From Padua (“a place name in Italy”) + French soie (“silk”). Compare French pou-de-soie, peau de soie.

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Chicago

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