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fez|fɛz| [a. (? through F. fez) Turk. fes, fês; the name of the town Fez (in Morocco) is spelt in the same way, and it is alleged that the fez is so called from the town, where formerly it was chiefly manufactured.] A skull-cap formerly of wool, now of felt, of a dull crimson colour, in the form of a truncated cone, ornamented with a long black tassel; formerly the national head-dress of the Turks.
1802–3tr. Pallas' Trav. (1812) II. 347 The clergy and the aged wear under it [a high cap] the Fez, or a red, woven calotte. 1851Layard Pop. Acc. Discov. Nineveh viii. 196 Round his fez..endless folds of white linen. 1863Speke Discov. Nile 261, I gave each of my men a fez cap. 1884J. T. Bent in Macm. Mag. Oct. 426/2 The island sailors with their blue baggy trousers, red fezes, and bare legs. Hence fezzed ppl. a., furnished with or wearing a fez. Also ˈfezzy a., nonce-wd., in same sense.
1864J. A. Grant Walk across Africa xiii. 324 Well-dressed men, ‘fezzed’ or turbaned. 1876G. Meredith Beauch. Career I. iv. 63 The fezzy defenders of the border fortress. 1891New Review Dec. 517 Fezzed officials. 1959Encounter Oct. 4/2 A Sick Man or two prettily fezzed in the foreground. 1971G. Household Doom's Caravan iii. 103 A decrepit baggage camel..waiting for some fezzed fool to sit on its back and be photographed. |