1400-1500Old French name of a coin, from Latindenarius, from deni ‘ten each’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
The denier number is size of the individual threads and indicates of durability.
The seven denier hold-up achieves ultra sheer look with the durability of a 15 denier product.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►10-/15-/20– etc denier
a pair of 15-denier tights
a unit for measuring how thin nylon, silk etc thread is10-/15-/20– etc denier a pair of 15-denier tights
denier1noundenier2noun
denierde‧ni‧er2 /dɪˈnaɪə $ -ər/ noun [countable]a person who says they do not believe something that most other people believe, especially that climate change is happening because of people’s activities, or that the Holocaust happened – used to show disapproval: How can we convince the climate change deniers that they are wrong?