pongeen.adj.

Brit.

/pɒnˈdʒiː/,

/ˈpɒndʒiː/, U.S.

/ˈpɑndʒi/,

/pɑnˈdʒi/

Forms: 1700s–1800s paunche, 1700s–1800s bungee, 1800s– pongee, 1900s– ponjee.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese běnjī.

Etymology: < Chinese běnjī (Wade-Giles transcription pen-chi), literally ‘home-made’, ‘home-woven’ < běn own + jī loom. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pɒndʒī·) /pʌnˈdʒiː/.

A. n.

A soft, usually unbleached kind of Chinese silk fabric, woven from uneven threads of raw silk; (also) any fabric resembling this.Originally made from the cocoons of wild silkworms and also known as Chefoo silk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > made from specific forms of silk fibre or thread > wild silk > specific

muga silk1624

pongee1711

Thai silk1977

1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 122 Wrought Silks are cheap and good, of innumerable Sorts..Damasks, Sattins, Taffetas, Paunches.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 55 I know these [silks]..to be no better than your mere flimsy Bungees.

1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 518 China wrought Silks..paunches, plain blues, pinks and whites.

1848 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom II. xv. 123 The common people wear pongee and senshaw, which they frequently dye in gambier to a dust or black color.

1886 Peterson's Mag. May 455/1 The material is figured cashmere or pongee.

1932 New Yorker 14 May 42/2 You will write things..that will get the public interested in that oversupply of pongee somebody is trying to unload.

2002 R. Cohen By Sword ii. vii. 145 With regard to dress, garments of cotton or pongee (a soft unbleached kind of Chinese silk) shall be worn.

B. adj.

Made of this fabric.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [adjective] > other

pelong1687

zephyrine1819

pongee1830

chiné1841

shot-silk1850

crystalline1860

Henan1880

frisé1884

Spitalfields1894

Jap1895

météor1909

1830 C. M. Sedgewick Clarence I. xiii. 231 A female, with a highly decorated pongee ridingdress,..seated herself beside Miss Clarence.

1883 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones (new ed.) 102 The shawl she wears, of some printed pongee stuff, is a family heirloom.

1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday viii. 203 Bryan in a pongee shirt turned in at the neck.

1970 New Yorker 9 May 1 (advt.) Black or pongee polyester.

1987 Sunday Express Mag. 10 May 52/2 Add the finishing touch with the ponjee blouse in midnight blue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pongee
释义	pongeen.adj. Brit. /pɒnˈdʒiː/, /ˈpɒndʒiː/, U.S. /ˈpɑndʒi/, /pɑnˈdʒi/ Forms: 1700s–1800s paunche, 1700s–1800s bungee, 1800s– pongee, 1900s– ponjee. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese běnjī. Etymology: < Chinese běnjī (Wade-Giles transcription pen-chi), literally ‘home-made’, ‘home-woven’ < běn own + jī loom. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pɒndʒī·) /pʌnˈdʒiː/. A. n. A soft, usually unbleached kind of Chinese silk fabric, woven from uneven threads of raw silk; (also) any fabric resembling this.Originally made from the cocoons of wild silkworms and also known as Chefoo silk. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > made from specific forms of silk fibre or thread > wild silk > specific muga silk1624 pongee1711 Thai silk1977 1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 122 Wrought Silks are cheap and good, of innumerable Sorts..Damasks, Sattins, Taffetas, Paunches. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 55 I know these [silks]..to be no better than your mere flimsy Bungees. 1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 518 China wrought Silks..paunches, plain blues, pinks and whites. 1848 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom II. xv. 123 The common people wear pongee and senshaw, which they frequently dye in gambier to a dust or black color. 1886 Peterson's Mag. May 455/1 The material is figured cashmere or pongee. 1932 New Yorker 14 May 42/2 You will write things..that will get the public interested in that oversupply of pongee somebody is trying to unload. 2002 R. Cohen By Sword ii. vii. 145 With regard to dress, garments of cotton or pongee (a soft unbleached kind of Chinese silk) shall be worn. B. adj. Made of this fabric. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [adjective] > other pelong1687 zephyrine1819 pongee1830 chiné1841 shot-silk1850 crystalline1860 Henan1880 frisé1884 Spitalfields1894 Jap1895 météor1909 1830 C. M. Sedgewick Clarence I. xiii. 231 A female, with a highly decorated pongee ridingdress,..seated herself beside Miss Clarence. 1883 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones (new ed.) 102 The shawl she wears, of some printed pongee stuff, is a family heirloom. 1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday viii. 203 Bryan in a pongee shirt turned in at the neck. 1970 New Yorker 9 May 1 (advt.) Black or pongee polyester. 1987 Sunday Express Mag. 10 May 52/2 Add the finishing touch with the ponjee blouse in midnight blue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1711
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