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View synonyms for tussah
tussah
or tus·seh
[ tuhs-uh ]
noun
- a tan silk from India. Compare Shantung ( def 2a ).
- the silkworm of an oriental moth of the genus Antheraea, as A. mylitta, that produces this silk.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tussah1
1580–90; earlier tusser < Hindi tasar shuttle < Sanskrit tasara, trasara kind of silkworm
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Example Sentences
But give 13-year-old Tussah Heera credit: How would you do on national television if you were asked to spell “herniorrhaphy”?
From The Daily Beast
The silk produced by the wild worms of China and India is called “tussah” (or “tussur”).
From Project Gutenberg
The China silk was dissolved by this reagent; Tussah silk and the lustra-celluloses entirely resisted its action.
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Over this is placed one braid of tussah silk and an outer braid of cotton.
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Bengal has furnished the Tussah moth, which lives in India on the oak and a variety of other trees.
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