seersucker
See also: Seersucker
English
editEtymology
editFrom Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), from Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally “milk and sugar”), modified by folk etymology, originally alluding to the smooth (“milk”) and rough (“sugar”) surface of the stripes.[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪəˌsʌk.ə/
Noun
editseersucker (countable and uncountable, plural seersuckers)
- (textiles) A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
- 1919, Harvey J. O'Higgins, “Benjamin McNeil Murdock”, in From the Life:
- I saw merely a lank, commonplace, and simple-looking farmer, going about his chores in faded blue overalls, a seersucker shirt, and a straw hat of the kind that is called a "cow's breakfast."
- (countable) An article made from such fabric.
Descendants
edit- → French: seersucker
- → German: Seersucker
Translations
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ “seersucker”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “seersucker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
edit- seersucker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia