lint

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
  2. noun cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds

Etymology

From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).

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