adire
Americanadjective
noun
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a type of cloth common in Nigeria, having colored patterns produced by resist dyeing.
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the technique involved in producing this cloth.
Example Sentences
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It’s long been part of the arts scene in Japan, through shibori, as well as in Nigeria, in adire.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
The blue hue, she said, was inspired by adire, the Yoruba technique for indigo textile dyeing.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
She found a Nigerian woman believed to be the last person using the traditional handwork process of making adire, a fabric with an indigo-dye pattern.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2012
Non cuivis contingit adire Lutetiam, but to a village where no one has been at Paris the county-town is a shrine of fashion.
From Not Pretty, but Precious by De Forest, J. W. (John William)
But, as an old Roman proverb pertinently said: Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum, "It was not for everyone to visit fashionable Corinth."
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
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