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marquisette

[mahr-kuh-zet, -kwuh-]
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noun
  1. a lightweight open fabric of leno weave in cotton, rayon, silk, or nylon.
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Origin of marquisette

1905–10; < French, diminutive of marquise. See marquise, -ette
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marquisette

noun
  1. a leno-weave fabric of cotton, silk, etc
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Word Origin

C20: from French, diminutive of marquise
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