: the Japanese art or process of folding squares of paper into representational shapes
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebMiyake’s origami-like pleats transformed usually crass polyester into chic. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 Miyake’s origami-like pleats transformed usually crass polyester into chic. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 Miyake’s origami-like pleats transformed usually crass polyester into chic. Yuri Kageyama, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022 Societal traumas weigh on us like paperweights on origami birds, and we are expected to continue on quietly, unbothered and unphased. Madison Butler, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2022 The 2nd Saturday offerings include Ben Parker demonstrating the art of origami and buskers from Imagine Main Street.Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2022 The sculptures open and close like fan dancers and origami. Lance Esplund, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 Even reaching this point had taken decades of planning, threatened cancellations, delays upon delays, a pandemic and a round of harrowing reverse origami that was needed to unfold the telescope in deep space without breaking it.New York Times, 12 July 2022 Watch glass-blowing on Canal Street, an origami master at Market Square, a living statue at the bottom of Washington Street Bridge. Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Japanese, from ori fold + kami paper
First Known Use
1948, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
origami
noun
ori·ga·mi ˌȯr-ə-ˈgä-mē
: the art of folding paper into three-dimensional figures or designs without cutting the paper or using glue