lisse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lisse
1850–55; < French ( crêpe ) lisse smooth (crepe), derivative of lisser to smooth, polish, Old French lischier, licier < Medieval Latin lixāre to leach, derivative of Late Latin lixa lye; cf. lixivium
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The event closed out with a corde lisse involving a bicycle that was dangling from the ceiling.
From The Verge ● May 13, 2015
No; nothing looks as well on this corsage as these wide, fleecy frills of crape lisse.
From Mona by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
A snowy handkerchief of lisse crape is folded neatly across her bosom; her glossy brown silk dress rustles peacefully, as she glides up and down the chamber.
From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The girls will be pleased to know that I wore my white lisse crape, with no ornaments but the flowers in my hair, and a small bunch in my bodice.
From Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife by Madeline Leslie
A few folds of gauzy white lisse softened the edge of her thick black silk corsage, a jet necklet and comb set off her snowy, velvety throat and bright golden brown hair.
From A Crooked Path A Novel by Mrs. Alexander
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