millinery

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/(US)
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/ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/(US) · /ˈmɪl.ɪ.nɚ.i/

Definition of millinery

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Women's hats.
    “The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Women's hats.
    “The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone.”
  2. (countable)A shop selling women's hats.
  3. (uncountable)The business and work that a milliner engages in.
    “They used to tell one about a kid asking his grumpy old man when they were walking to the park, "What's the name of this flower, Papa?" And the old guy is peevish and he yells, "How should I know? Am I in the milinery business?"”

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Etymology

From milliner + -y (nominalizer).

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