linsey-woolsey

lin·sey-wool·sey

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [lin-zee-woo l-zee]
- /ˈlɪn zi ˈwʊl.zi/
- /ˈlɪn.zi ˈwʊl.zi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lin-zee-woo l-zee]
- /ˈlɪn zi ˈwʊl.zi/

Definitions of linsey-woolsey word

noun plural linsey-woolsey a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling. 1
noun plural linsey-woolsey a garment made from this. 1
noun plural linsey-woolsey Archaic. any mixture that is incongruous or of poor quality; jumble: That last speech was a linsey-woolsey of stale platitudes. 1
noun linsey-woolsey a thin rough fabric of linen warp and coarse wool or cotton filling 0
noun linsey-woolsey a strange nonsensical mixture or confusion 0
noun linsey-woolsey a coarse cloth made of linen and wool or cotton and wool 0

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Origin of linsey-woolsey

First appearance:

before 1425

One of the 25% oldest English words

1425-75; late Middle English lynsy wolsye literally, linen cloth, wool cloth, equivalent to lyn (Old English līn; see linen) + -sy, variant of say cloth (< Old French saie; akin to Medieval Latin sagia kind of weave, Latin sagum cloak) + wol wool + -sye, variant of say

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Parts of speech for Linsey-woolsey

noun

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adverb

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exclamation

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linsey-woolsey popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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