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ardassine

ardassine noun: a kind of fine Persian silk.

Noun

ardassine (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A kind of fine Persian silk.
    • Her cymar was of ardassine, / Fire red from throat to hem — Helen Hay Whitney.

Origin of ardassine

From ardass + -ine.

Questions about ardassine

What does ardassine mean?
Ardassine means a kind of fine Persian silk.
What part of speech is ardassine?
Ardassine is a noun.

Words near ardassine in the dictionary

  1. ardaite
  2. Ardalan-Shoja-Kiuru syndrome
  3. Ardashir
  4. ardass
  5. ardasses
  6. ardassine
  7. Ardath
  8. Arddleen
  9. ardealite
  10. ardealites
  11. ardeb

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