Calico Definition
kălĭ-kō
calicoes, calicos
noun
calicoes, calicos
A kind of cotton cloth from India.
Webster's New World
A printed cotton fabric.
Webster's New World
A heavy, white cotton cloth.
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A cat with a mottled coat of black, brown, yellow or orange, etc.
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adjective
Of calico.
Webster's New World
Spotted like some calico cloth.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- varicoloured
- piebald
- particoloured
- particolored
- painted
- varicolored
- multicolor
- multi-coloured
- multicoloured
- multi-colored
- multicolored
- multi-colour
- multicolour
- multi-color
- motley
Other Word Forms of Calico
Noun
Singular:
calico
Plural:
calicoes, calicosOrigin of Calico
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From Calicut, in India, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭ, “Kozhikode”), from koyil (koyil, “palace”) + kota (kota, “fort”), “fortified palace”, with ‘y’ replaced by interchangeable ‘zh’.[script?]
From Wiktionary
After Calicut
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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