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buckram

buck·ram

UK/ˈbʌkɹəm/ uncommon
noun (1) adjective (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

adjective

1.

rigidly formal

  • “a starchy manner”
  • “the letter was stiff and formal”
  • “his prose has a buckram quality”
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verb

1.

stiffen with or as with buckram

  • “buckram the skirt”

Origin

From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara, a city in southeastern Uzbekistan.

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