charmeuse
/ʃɑːˈməːz
/noun [mass noun]
A soft, smooth silky dress fabric.He mixed casual style with elegant material - parachute pants of silk crepe satin or a blazer of ivory silk charmeuse - to create looks that work for both day and night....
- For a luxurious look, choose a satin or charmeuse lining and underline it with flannel.
- The chocolate becomes the gourmet's equivalent of charmeuse.
Origin
Early 20th century: from French, feminine of charmeur 'charmer', from charmer 'to charm'.
Rhymes
- self-storage
- self-study
- self-styled
- self-subsistent
- self-sufficiency
- self-sufficient
- self-sufficiently
- self-sufficing
- self-suggestion
- self-support
- self-supporting
- self-surrender
- self-sustained
- self-sustaining
- self-sustenance
- self-system
- self-tailing
- self-tan
- self-tanner
- xenon
- Xenophanes
- xenophile
- xenophobe
- xenophobia
- xenophobic