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marquisette [mahr-kuh-zet, -kwuh-] WORD ORIGIN noun a lightweight open fabric of leno weave in cotton, rayon, silk, or nylon. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of marquisette 1905–10; French, diminutive of marquise. See marquise, -ette Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for marquisette marquisette noun a leno-weave fabric of cotton, silk, etc Word Origin for marquisette C20: from French, diminutive of marquise Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012