moire

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Borrowed from French moire, itself from English mohair.

Her gown was of black moire, with wide swelling petticoat, long waist, and sleeve slashed with rose-colored satin, fastened together with jet bugles. — The Wandering Jew — Complete, Eugène Sue
And who, then, would forego the memory of those days of aurora and the firmament, of flowers, of gauze and of moire, when love stammers a charming slang? — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
“Upon my word, here’s a state of things!” cried the old lady, taking the seat of honor prepared for her, and settling the folds of her lavender moire with a great rustle. — Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

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