ninonn.adj.
/niːˈnɒ̃/, /ˈniːnɒn/, U.S. /ˈniˌnɑn/ A. n.
A lightweight fabric, made in a plain weave from silk, rayon, or nylon, and used esp. in dressmaking.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > silk or man-made fibres
organza1820
chiffon1890
ninon1911
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Apr. 24/1 (advt.) Three large shipments just to hand making our stock replete with every desired line of silks..Bengaline,..Tamaline..Ninon.
1923 Daily Mail 24 Feb. 11 Novel ninons are patterned with designs resembling finely worked embroideries.
1929 D. L. Moore Pandora's Let. Box xiv. 254 Everything must be of silk, georgette, triple ninon and so forth.
1948 G. L. Fraser Textiles by Brit. 165 Ninon, fine and closely woven plain-weave semi-transparent dress cloth made either in silk or rayon.
1968 N. Hollen & J. Saddler Textiles (ed. 3) xvi. 140/1 Ninon is a filament sheer widely used for curtains.
B. adj.
Made of this material.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [adjective] > silk or man-made fibres
Milanese1897
chiffony1902
ninon1913
1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xiii. 160 Dressed in a soft grey ninon gown.
1938 Amer. Home Jan. 74/2 Five pairs of white ninon glass curtains at $2.95 a pair.
1969 V. Nabokov Ada iii. v. 486 He could describe her dress only as struthious.., accentuating as it did the swing of her stance, the length of her legs in ninon stockings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1911