organdy

English

Young lady in an organdy dress. Circa 1900. Valencian Museum of Ethnology.

Alternative forms

• organdie

Etymology

From French organdi, possibly derived from the French name of the city Urgench.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɡəndi/

Noun

organdy (countable and uncountable, plural organdies)

1. A fine, transparent type of muslin, usually stiffened. [from 18th c.]
   • 1934, Kay Boyle, My Next Bride, Virago, published 1986, page 317:

     “I took it to garden-parties after I came out, with my hair curled and an organdie hat on top of the whole thing […] .”

   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 445:

     Beside them stood a puzzled female dwarf with a hideously rouged face as if ready for the circus; she was clad in white organdie with a marriage veil.

Translations

transparent fabric

• Bulgarian: органдин m (organdin)
• Finnish: lasibatisti
• French: organdi (fr) m
• German: Glasbatist m
• Greek: οργαντίνα (el) f (organtína)
• Italian: organdis m
• Japanese: オーガンジー (ōganjī)
• Spanish: organdí (es) m
• Tagalog: organdi

See also

• organza

Anagrams

• dragony, Graydon