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calico

ca·lico

UK/ˈkæ.lɪ.kəʊ/ US/ˈkæ.lɪ.koʊ/ rare
adjective (2) noun (1)

adjective

1.

made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned

  • “calico dresses”
  • “a calico cat”
2.

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

  • “a jester dressed in motley”
  • “the painted desert”
  • “a particolored dress”
  • “a piebald horse”
  • “pied daisies”
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noun

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Origin

From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”).

Phrases

  • calico bass
  • calico bean
  • calico beans
  • calico bush
  • calico corn
  • calico grouper
  • calico queen

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