ninon

[nee-non; French nee-nawn]

noun

a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.

Nearby words

Origin of ninon

1910–15; < French: generic use of nickname for Anne proper name

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Examples from the Web for ninon

At Marsillac's boyish supplication, Ninon consented to elope with him.
Superwomen|Albert Payson Terhune
On one day, in 1706, Ninon de L'Enclos was in blooming health; on the next she was dying.
Superwomen|Albert Payson Terhune
From five until nine in the evening, Ninon was "at home" here, up to her eighty-fourth year, in 1700.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume II (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
Don't I remember the journalist's voice when he asked Ninon's lover if he sold his pictures, creating at once a bad impression?
Memoirs of My Dead Life|George Moore

There was Ninon; and there was Madame de Rambouillet; the one galante, the other precieuse.
The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2)|Anna Jameson

British Dictionary definitions for ninon

ninon

noun

a fine strong silky fabric

Word Origin for ninon

C20: from French

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