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napery
English
Etymology
From Middle English naperye, from Anglo-Norman naperie, Middle French naperie, from Old French nape + -erie.
Noun
napery (countable and uncountable, plural naperies)
- Household linen, especially table linen.
- 1902: "Corner in Chrysanthemums" by Josephine Spenser
- She led the way through a wide hall into a charming room, where a table was already spread in its dainty napery and silver.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 106:
- Banter and low laughter swayer about the huge tent, swayed among the shadows thrown by the brilliant candelabra pendant on their inverted stems above the white napery of the central table.
- 1902: "Corner in Chrysanthemums" by Josephine Spenser
Anagrams
- penary, pyrena
Middle English
Noun
napery
- Alternative form of naperye
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japery
English
Etymology
jape +? -ery
Noun
japery (countable and uncountable, plural japeries)
- Jesting, joking
Related terms
- jape
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