different between embroidery vs orphrey

English

Etymology

From Middle French embrouderie, from embrouder + -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?b???d??i/

Noun

embroidery (countable and uncountable, plural embroideries)

1. The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
2. A piece of embroidered fabric.
3. The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English orfray, orfrei, orefreys (“elaborate (especially gold) embroidery; fabric adorned with such embroidery; embroidered ornamental band or border; decorative elements”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French orfrais, orfreis, orfrois, and other forms, from Late Latin aurifrasium, aurifrisium, and other forms, from Latin aurum Phrygium (“gold embroidery”, literally “Phrygian gold”), from aurum (“gold”) + Phrygium (neuter singular of Phrygius (“Phrygian”), the Phrygians being renowned for their gold embroidery). The English word is cognate with Late Latin orfrasium, orfresium, Old Occitan aurfre, aurfres, orfres (modern Occitan aurfrés), Spanish orofrés.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???f?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???f?i/
• Hyphenation: or?phrey

Noun

orphrey (plural orphreys)

1. (obsolete) Any elaborate embroidery, especially when made of gold thread; an object (such as clothing or fabric) adorned with such embroidery. [14th–19th c.]
2. (Christianity) An embroidered ornamental band or border on an ecclesiastical vestment, altar frontal, etc. [from 15th c.]

Alternative forms

• orfrey
• orphray

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References

Further reading

• orphrey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “orphrey” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.