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单词 taffeta
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taffetan.adj.

Brit. /ˈtafətə/, U.S. /ˈtæfədə/
Forms:

α. Middle English tapheta, Middle English–1600s tafata, Middle English–1600s tafeta, Middle English–1800s taffata, 1500s taffyta, 1500s tafyta, 1500s–1600s taffita, 1500s–1600s taphata, 1500s– taffeta; Scottish pre-1700 stafata, pre-1700 taffata, pre-1700 taffita, pre-1700 taffyta, pre-1700 1700s– taffeta.

β. 1500s– taffetas, 1600s taffatas; Scottish pre-1700 taffatas, pre-1700 taffetas.

γ. 1500s tafta; Scottish pre-1700 taffta, pre-1700 tafta.

δ. Scottish pre-1700 talfet, pre-1700 talphett, pre-1700 tapheit, pre-1700 taphett.

See also taffety n. and adj.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French taffetas, Latin taffata.
Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman taffata (14th cent.) and Middle French taffetas, tafetas, taphetas, tafeta, tafta (early 14th cent. in Old French; French taffetas ), and partly (ii) < post-classical Latin taffata, taffeta (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources), both ultimately < Persian tāfta linen garment, kind of silk cloth, use as noun of tāfta twisted, woven, shining, use as adjective of the past participle of tāftan to heat, to shine, to twist, to spin < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin tepēre to be warm (see tepid adj.).Compare Old Occitan tafata, tafatas, tafatan, Catalan tafetà (1330), Spanish tafetán (1348), Italian taffetà (1437).
A. n.
1. A fine, crisp, and usually lustrous fabric of a plain weave in which the weft threads are thicker than those of the warp, originally of silk and later also of a silk mix, or other fibres such as cotton, wool, polyester, or nylon. Cf. taffety n.armosie taffeta, paper taffeta, Tours taffeta, water taffeta, etc.: see the first element.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > taffeta
taffetac1405
taffety1503
tuftaffety1585
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 442 A Doctour of Phisyk..In sangwyn and in Pers he clad was al Lyned with Taffata [c1415 Lansd. tafeta] and with Sendal.
a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 239 Wyth tapytys of tafata I tymbyr my towrys.
1561 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 122 Sum brawf abulyement of taffate or vther silk.
1604 Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 106 One ell iij qutrs of taffita to line ye same Dublett and faice it.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 182 Taffataes of transparant finenesse.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vii. 128 Riddling Oracles..like changeable Taffata (wherein the woofe and warpe are of different colours) seems of severall hues, as the looker on takes his station.
1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 122 Wrought Silks are cheap and good, of innumerable Sorts..Damasks, Sattins, Taffetas, Paunches.
1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta I. viii. 153 We are melting with heat, in thin suits of taffeta.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 38 Her hat..being of tawney taffeta, embroidered with scorpions of Venice gold.
1884 Girl's Own Paper Aug. 682/1 I must mention the return of the ancient challis, which is now called a woollen taffetas.
1903 Times 12 Feb. 5/3 In silks..it is noted that taffetas are becoming less asked for.
1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. a14/4 (advt.) Water-repellent nylon taffeta with pre-shrunk cotton flannel lining.
2013 Guardian 9 Feb. (Guide Suppl.) 57/2 Another batch of puffballed teenage brides preparing to be drowned in taffeta and netting and married off to their first boyfriend.
2. figurative. depreciative. Florid language. Cf. fustian n. 2. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > bombast
thundering1564
bombast1589
fustiana1593
taratantara1599
bombard-phrasea1637
heroics1638
bombacea1661
rant1662
Lexiphanicism1767
streperosity1772
puff1821
taffeta1821
polyphloisboioism1823
flabbergast1831
highfalutin1847
highfalutination1858
carmagnole1860
Barnumism1862
ballyhoo1901
1821 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 12 Jan. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1978) VIII. 22 There is a good deal of taffeta in some of Tom's prefatory phrases.
B. adj.
1. Made of or covered with taffeta; of the nature of taffeta.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [adjective] > taffeta
taffety1503
taffeta1552
tuftaffeta1587
tuftaffety1593
1552–3 Inventory Church Goods in Ann. Diocese Lichfield (1863) IV. 38 Itm. ij vestements, on of blewe chamblet, thother of taffeta silke.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I5 Her body..couered with a light taffeta garment.
1641 Inventory Goods Countess of Arundel 8 Sept. in Burlington Mag. (1912) Jan. 235/1 Nyne streamed Tafata Curtaines.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 144 Many times 'tis but a scarf or silly taffeta ribbon.
1763 E. Clarke Lett. conc. Spanish Nation vii. 108 Then appeared two companies of boys, dressed in an uniform with caps, and red taffeta jackets.
1780 Morning Post 16 Sept. My own taffeta waistcoat was not so rumpled, after a much longer stay there this summer.
1807 Salmagundi 25 Apr. 167 My aunt..put on her pompadour taffeta gown, and sallied forth to lament the misfortune of her dear friend.
1883 Glasgow Herald 21 Apr. 8/3 Taffeta Silk Gloves.
1903 Daily Chron. 26 Sept. 8/6 Evening gowns..made of soft light-blue taffetas silk.
1955 E. Bowen World of Love ii. 42 One or two ruched taffeta cushions and a magazine-rack..survived from her few attempts to bring the room into line with her ideas.
2013 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 May 43 She wore a black taffeta Nina Ricci dress with cap sleeves and a tulip bottom.
2. figurative. Characteristic of taffeta in being smooth or lustrous; (of speech) florid, ingratiating.In later use only with allusion to, or as an echo of, Shakespeare's use in quot. 1598.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic
fleshyc1369
windya1382
unmeasureda1425
puffing1566
embossed1578
puffed1587
bombasted1589
fustian1592
puffya1594
full-mouthed1594
orificial1594
gouty1595
swelling1597
mouth-filling1598
taffeta1598
bombast1601
tiptoe-strouting1602
turgidous1602
swollen1605
dropsieda1616
exsufflicatea1616
turgent1621
ampullous1622
tympanous1625
high-flown1632
tumorousa1637
blustered1638
tumid1648
bombastical1649
ranting1650
inflated1652
tuftaffetya1658
pompiona1670
bombastic1704
dropsical1721
thundering1725
turgid1725
exsuffolate1744
Lexiphanic1767
hi cockalorum1783
Ossianic1788
mouthing1814
mouthy1827
sophomoric1837
highfalutin1839
sophomorical1847
spread eagle1853
tumescent1882
Herodian1886
Ossianesque1889
Barnumesque1890
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 406 Taffata phrases, silken tearmes precise. View more context for this quotation
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. v. 29 O the fine white wine,..it is a kinde of taffatas wine.
1952 L. MacNeice Ten Burnt Offerings 95 One, too proud to yield, repels The taffeta phrases of her lover.
1990 G. Schmidgall Shakespeare & Poet's Life 38 He must have savored the Erasmian irony of dispraising poetry virtuosically on poetry's own ground, with many a taffeta phrase, many a well-culled epitheton, and more than a thousand lines of rhymed couplets.

Compounds

With participles, forming adjectives with the sense ‘with taffeta’, as taffeta-bordered, taffeta-covered, taffeta-lined, etc.
ΚΠ
1854 Daily Alton (Illinois) Tel. 25 Nov. Taffeta lined gloves for winter.
1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xiii. 115 Dame Hobson's best taffata covered settee.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 8 Feb. 13/2 A crown of taffeta with a taffeta-bordered brim of crinoline straw and other such blendings of straw and fabric.
1959 Times 11 May 13/1 Dereta's classically cut coat..has its own straight taffeta-lined skirt with a deep wrap pleat at the back.
2012 Independent (Nexis) 19 Nov. Taffeta-trimmed underwear with hard-edged touches of metal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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