marquisette

[ mahr-kuh-zet, -kwuh- ]

noun

1. a lightweight open fabric of leno weave in cotton, rayon, silk, or nylon.

marquisette

/ ˌmɑːkɪˈzɛt; -kwɪ- /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of marquisette¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of marquisette¹

C20: from French, diminutive of marquise

Example Sentences

Billie had tied around the smooth rolls of her light brown hair a blue velvet band to match the embroidery on her marquisette dress.

From Project Gutenberg

One was a blue muslin of a heavenly color but considerably darned, and the other was a marquisette, also the worse for wear.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Campbell in a beautiful blue marquisette stood just inside the window with a mysterious little smile on her face.

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News from the Lodge concerned the marriage of Miss Margaret Manson Weir, daughter of Mrs. David Manson Weir of Steubenville, Ohio, niece of Ernest Tener Weir, to William Prescott Bonbright II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bonbright of Grosse Point, Mich. Under the trees on the front lawn E. T. Weir gave away his niece, a pretty girl gowned in white marquisette, with French orange blossoms around her waist, carrying a white prayer book and a spray of white orchids.

From Time Magazine Archive

You may get out that new marquisette from Fallard's; and, I think"—she glanced out of the window—"my sunbonnet.

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