organdy

American  

[awr-guhn-dee] / ˈɔr gən di /

Or organdie

noun

• organdies
  plural

1. a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• organdies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of organdy

First recorded in 1825–35, organdy is from the French word organdi, of obscure origin

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Example Sentences

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organdy organdies

The book’s captioning about the white organdy costume Graham designed for herself, currently displayed in the library, notes that its inspiration was the “night-blooming Cereus” flower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Vegetable prints featured on light organdy, alongside a palette mixing natural bright hues with soil browns.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021

But MacNolia seemed undaunted as she crossed the stage at the National Museum auditorium in her blue organdy dress and blue socks just before 10 a.m. on the morning of May 26, 1936.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2021

In 1933, Bill Cunningham’s mother came home to their “drab, puritanical” Boston Catholic enclave and caught her son vamping through the house in his sister’s pink organdy full-skirted dress.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2018

Lampshades and picture frames, organdy party dresses yellowed with age.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

WWD reported that the dress for the princess was made of “silk organdies with applications of ivory Chantilly lace” and had a four-meter train.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2013

In Gar-nnckel's show windows are strapless pink tulles by Dior, tobacco-colored satins by Path and organdies by Adrian.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pretty wool goods, exquisitely made, in winter; organdies, grenadines and mulls for summer; laces, a modest bit of jewelry or a simple flower, and one is sufficiently well-gowned.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Maud C. Cooke

So when I was married—that was a long seven years afterwards—I did have such lovely times buying organdies and laces and things and cutting them out and making them!

From The Wishing-Ring Man by Margaret Widdemer

So when a bevy of organdies begged for permission to dance, Miss Towne, with obvious reluctance, gave in.

From Lydia of the Pines by Honoré Morrow

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