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taffeta, taffety, n. (and a.)|ˈtæfətə, -ətɪ|
Forms: α. 4 tapheta, 4–6 tafeta, 4–8 taffata, 5–6 tafata, 5–7 taffatas, 6–7 taffita, (6 -yta), 6– taffeta, -as. β. 5–8 taffaty, 6 tafete, -ie, 6 Sc. taffate, -ati, -atis, -eti, -etti, -ete, -etee, tapheit, -ite, -ettye, taftais, -teis, teffites, 6–7 taffatie, -etie, -itie, 6–8 -ity, 6– taffety.
[a. OF. taffetas, taphetas (1317 in Hatz.-D.) or med.L. taffata, etc. (Du Cange) = It. taffetà, Pg. tafeta, Sp. tafetan: ultimately a. Pers. tāftah, (a) silken cloth, (b) linen clothing, subst. use of tāftah, pa. pple. of tāftan ‘to shine’, also ‘to twist, to spin’.]
A. n.
a. A name applied at different times to different fabrics. In early times apparently a plain-wove glossy silk (of any colour); in more recent times, a light thin silk or union stuff of decided brightness or lustre. In the 16th c. mention is also made of ‘linen taffety’. In recent times the name has been misapplied to various mixtures of silk and wool, and even cotton and jute, thin fine woollen material, etc.
α1373in Exch. Rolls Scotl. II. 440 In empcione vnius pecie de taffata. c1386Chaucer Prol. 440 A Doctour of Phisik..In sangwyn and in pers he clad was al Lyned with Taffata [Lansd. MS. tafeta] and with Sendal. c1425Cast. Persev. 239 in Macro Plays 84 With tapytys of tafata I tymbyr my towris. 1530Palsgr. 279/1 Tafata a maner of sylke, taffetas. 1561Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1875) III. 122 Sum brawf abulyement of taffate or vther silk. 1604Lismore Papers Ser. ii. (1887) I. 106 One ell iij qutrs of taffita to line y⊇ same Dublett and faice it. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 182 Taffataes of transparant finenesse. 1650Fuller Pisgah iv. vi. 129 Riddling oracles..like changeable taffata (wherein the woofe and warpe are of different colours), seems of several hues, as the looker on takes his station. 1773Brydone Sicily viii. 83 We are melting with heat, in thin suits of taffeta. 1836–41Brande Chem. (ed. 5) 156 Trials were made with raw silk, ravelings of white taffeta, and of common sewing silk. 1884Girl's Own Paper Aug. 682/1, I must mention the return of the ancient challis, which is now called a woollen taffetas. 1903Times 12 Feb. 5/3 In silks..it is noted that taffetas are becoming less asked for. 1908Let. to Editor, Chiffon-taffeta, a bright, lustrous, softly finished thin glacé silk, now much worn for ladies' blouses or dresses.
β1515Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. V. 9 Twa elne of goldin hewit taffity, to be thame quaiffs. 1541Ibid. VIII. 42, v elnis blak teffites of Janis. 1539Aberdeen Regr. (1844) I. 161 Ane blak bonat, with ane typpat of taphite. 1550Lyndesay Sqr. Meldrum 125 Of yallow taftais wes hir sark. 1573Inv. Roy. Wardrobe (1815) 189 (Jam.) Freinzeit with gold and lynit with reid tafteis. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 108 They must weare silkes..grograms, taffeties, and the like. 1630Capt. Smith Trav. & Adv. xvi. 31 A white mares taile with a peece of greene taffity, on a great Pike, is carried before him [the Chan] for a standard. 1766Chron. in Ann. Reg. 103/2 An additional duty on the importation of silks, crapes, and taffaties. 1865E. C. Clayton Cruel Fort. I. 248 Dressed in the costume of 1827 or 1828—a gown of taffety with gigot sleeves, and a muslin canezon spencer.
b. fig. Florid language; = fustian 2.
1821Byron Jrnl. 12 Jan. in Moore Life III. 102 There is a good deal of taffeta in some of Tom's prefatory phrases.
B. attrib. and as adj.
1. Of taffeta; of the nature of taffeta.
1552–3Inv. Ch. Goods Staffs. in Ann. Lichfield (1863) IV. 38 Itm. ij vestements, on of blewe chamblet, thother of taffeta silke. 1561Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1882) IV. 122 Doubletis of saterne,..tafetie hatis. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1622) 51 Her bodie..couered with a light Taffata garment. 1602Dekker Satirom. Wks. 1873 I. 260 Horace did not weare the Badge of gentlemens company, as thou doost thy Taffetie sleeves. c1645Howell Lett. (1688) II. 316 Full of Taffity Silks and Sattins. 1725Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. Ointment, Searce it thro' a Taffety Sieve. 1849J. Grant Kirkaldy of Gr. xxvii, Captain Lambie, he of the taffety standard celebrity. 1883Glasgow Herald 21 Apr. 8/3 Taffeta Silk Gloves. 1903Daily Chron. 26 Sept. 8/6 Evening gowns..made of soft light-blue taffetas silk.
2. fig. Florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious: taffety cream, a dish of cream and eggs.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 406 Taffata phrases, silken tearmes precise. 1621Middleton Span. Gipsy iv. iii, Can taffeta girls look plump without pampering? 1653Urquhart Rabelais i. v, O the fine white wine,..it is a kind of taffatas wine. 1719D'Urfey Pills VI. 124 With Taffity-Tarts and Pies. 1723J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. L1, Taffaty Cream. Beat the Whites of eight Eggs..with Rose-water,..put it into a Quart of cream. 1773Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. ii. i, A shaking pudding, and a dish of tiff—taff—taffety cream. 1840C. M. Yonge (Heard in Hampshire), The old sow won't eat that stuff, she's so very taffety.
3. Comb., as taffeta-bordered, taffeta-covered adjs.
1889Doyle Micah Clarke 115 Dame Hobson's best taffata covered settee. 1908Westm. Gaz. 8 Feb. 13/2 A crown of taffeta with a taffeta-bordered brim of crinoline straw and other such blendings of straw and fabric. |