chintz

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ)bor. English chintz Borrowed from Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ).

1. A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.

   “The morning air waved to and fro the chintz curtains of a large and, for a London one, a very cheerful-looking room, whose windows opened to the Thames.”

   “And Presently Melisande withdrew. Her mistress, in a white peignoir tied with a blue sash, lay in a great chintz chair, gazing out of the bay-window. The quadrangle below was very beautiful, with its walls of rugged grey, its cloisters, its grass carpet.”