samite
pronunciation
How to pronounce samite in British English:
UK ['sæmaɪt]
How to pronounce samite in American English:
US ['sæmaɪt]
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- Noun:
- a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages
Word Origin
- samite (n.)
- type of rich silk cloth, c. 1300, from Old French samit, from Medieval Latin samitum, examitum, from Medieval Greek hexamiton (source of Old Church Slavonic oksamitu, Russian aksamit "velvet"), noun use of neuter of Greek adjective hexamitos "six-threaded," from hex "six" (see six) + mitos "warp thread" (see mitre (n.)). The reason it was called this is variously explained. Obsolete c. 1600; revived by Tennyson. German Sammet "velvet" is from French.
Example
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