calico
noun
- balanced plain-weave cotton or cotton-blend fabric, often with a small printed pattern
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.lɪ.kəʊ/ / /ˈkæ.lɪ.koʊ/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)bor. Portuguese Calicutbor. English Calicut English calico From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”).
- Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
“The calico cat had distinctive red and dark markings.”
“The calico-patterned tablecloths were supposed to make the restaurant look rustic; instead, they made it look run down.”
- Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)bor. Portuguese Calicutbor. English Calicut English calico From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”).
- A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
“This helix was covered with calico, and then a second wire applied in the same manner.”
“Trussed in corsets, jawbone-high collars and calicos that had seen better days, they have little enough to work with, their attempts at coquetry further constrained by their rigid mores of the day.”
- Ellipsis of calico cat.
“One of them, a calico whose half-grown kittens he just fed, slow-blinks at him, an affectionate gesture.”
- The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.