calamanco
/ˌkæləˈmæŋkoʊ/
calamanco noun: a glossy woolen fabric with striped or checkered designs.
Noun
calamanco (countable and uncountable, plural calamancos or calamancoes)
- A glossy woolen fabric with striped or checkered designs.
- What a fuss thou makest!—as if it concern'd the good people to be inform'd, That a man with pale face, and clad in black, had the honour to be driven into Paris at nine o'clock at night, by a postilion in a tawny yellow jerkin turned up with red calamanco———1765, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Forms of calamanco
| plural | calamancos |
|---|---|
| plural | calamancoes |
| alternative form | calimanco |
Origin of calamanco
From Spanish calamaco, from Late Latin calamaucus (“skullcap”).
Questions about calamanco
- What does calamanco mean?
- Calamanco means a glossy woolen fabric with striped or checkered designs.
- What part of speech is calamanco?
- Calamanco is a noun.
- How do you pronounce calamanco?
- Calamanco is pronounced /ˌkæləˈmæŋkoʊ/.
- What is the plural of calamanco?
- The plural of calamanco is calamancos.
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