piccadill
piccadill noun: a large, broad lace collar from the 17th century.
Noun
piccadill (plural piccadills)
- A large, broad lace collar from the 17th century.
- But he that some fortie or fifty yeares sithens should haue asked for a Pickadilly, I wonder who could haue vnderstood him, or could haue told what a Pickadilly had beene, either fish or flesh.1614, Barnabee Rych, The Honestie of this Age: Proouing by Good Circumstance that the World was Neuer Honest Till Now, London: T.A., pages 37-8
Forms of piccadill
| plural | piccadills |
|---|---|
| alternative form | picadill |
| alternative form | piccadell |
| alternative form | piccadil |
| alternative form | piccadilly |
| alternative form | pickadell |
| alternative form | pickadil |
| alternative form | pickadill |
| alternative form | pickadilly |
Origin of piccadill
Possibly from Spanish picadillo, from picado (“punctured, pierced”); compare 17th century Spanish picadura (“a similar lace collar”).
Words formed from piccadill
Questions about piccadill
- What does piccadill mean?
- Piccadill means a large, broad lace collar from the 17th century.
- What part of speech is piccadill?
- Piccadill is a noun.
- What is the plural of piccadill?
- The plural of piccadill is piccadills.
Words near piccadill in the dictionary
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