calico
pronunciation
How to pronounce calico in British English:
UK [ˈkælɪkəʊ]
How to pronounce calico in American English:
US [ˈkælɪkoʊ]
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- Noun:
- coarse cloth with a bright print
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- Adjective:
- made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Word Origin
- calico
- calico: [16] Calico, a plain cotton cloth, was originally Calicut-cloth. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was the main export of Calicut, now known as Kozhikode, a city and port on the southwest coast of India whose first European visitor was the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1469–1524). In the 19th century Calicut was South India’s major port. (It has no connection with Calcutta.)
- calico (n.)
- 1530s, kalyko, corruption of Calicut (modern Kozhikode), seaport on Malabar coast of India, where Europeans first obtained it. In 16c. it was second only to Goa among Indian commercial ports for European trade. Extended to animal colorings suggestive of printed calicos in 1807, originally of horses.
Example
- 1. There he is , doctor calico !
- 2. There he is doctor calico !
- 3. The company imported a lot of calico from a foreign country .
- 4. Applications of happening color in chinese blue calico 's innovative design .
- 5. The style , connotation and aesthetic implication of traditional blue printed calico .