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.
Webster's New World
A cat with a mottled coat of black, brown, yellow or orange, etc.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of calico.
Webster's New World
Spotted like some calico cloth.
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Other Word Forms of Calico

Noun

Singular:
calico
Plural:
calicoes, calicos

Origin of Calico

  • 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

Calico Sentence Examples

  • T Cloth is a plain grey calico, similar in kind to the Mexican and exported to the same markets.

  • Calico is one of the cheaper styles of quilting fabric.

  • Fred O'Connor, at 74, had long since finished his working career, a calico collection of jobs which changed with the telling, none of which gave him a pension.

  • It is the seat of cotton, calico, silk, machinery and other industries, and excellent wine is grown there.

  • Its industrial products are yarn, calico, woollen goods, thread.

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Words Starting With

CCACAL

Words Ending With

OCOICO

Unscrambles

calico

Words Starting With C and Ending With O

Starts With C & Ends With OStarts With CA & Ends With OStarts With C & Ends With CO

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With O