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Cellophane, cellophane|ˈsɛləfeɪn|
[f. cellulose + -o + -phane as in diaphane a. and n.]
Proprietary name of a glossy transparent material made from regenerated cellulose, used chiefly for wrapping goods, food, etc. Also fig. and attrib.
1912Cross & Bevan Res. Cellulose 1905–10 III. v. 162 The ‘viscose film’ (cellulose) under the powerful auspices of the Société Industrielle de Thaon is at length a fait accompli, and is an article of commerce under the descriptive term ‘Cellophane’. Ibid., Specimens of ‘Cellophane’ film. 1921Spectator 23 Apr. 522/2 Ciré, raffia,..tinsels, cellophane, and other ornaments. 1933R. E. Sherwood Reunion in Vienna p. xii, To hell with them..and their neuroses, all tidily encased in cellophane. 1935Times 24 Oct. 11/4 A frock in a mixture of cellophane and wool. 1957Listener 26 Sept. 484/1 English itself comes to him as something sparkling Cellophane-fresh instead of the shopworn, finger-soiled article it inevitably seems to ourselves.
Hence ˈcellophaned a., wrapped in cellophane; also fig.
1952Landfall VI. 185 The galaxy of cellophaned packets. 1953C. Day Lewis Italian Visit i. 14 The white-faced addicts of a patent, cellophaned future. |