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tabby
English
Etymology
Mid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic ??????????? (?att?biyy), ultimately from Arabic ???????????????? (al-?att?biyya), a quarter of Baghdad (named for a Prince ???????? (?att?b)) which is associated with the manufacture of a certain type of waved silk. See also taffeta, another type of silk whose name derives from the Persian ?????? (tâfta, “woven cloth”) and shares a similar etymological origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæb.i/
- Rhymes: -æbi
Noun
tabby (countable and uncountable, plural tabbies)
- (countable, uncountable) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
- (countable) A brindled cat.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:[1]
- A wise tabby, a blinking sphinx, watched from her warm sill. Pity to disturb them. Mohammed cut a piece out of his mantle not to wake her.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:[1]
- (countable, archaic) An old maid or gossip.
Synonyms
- (An old maid or gossip): See Thesaurus:old woman
Translations
Adjective
tabby (not comparable)
- Having a wavy or watered appearance
- a tabby waistcoat
- Brindled; diversified in color
- a tabby cat.
Translations
Verb
tabby (third-person singular simple present tabbies, present participle tabbying, simple past and past participle tabbied)
- (transitive) To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).
Anagrams
- baby T
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torbie
English
Noun
torbie (plural torbies)
- (informal) A tortoiseshell tabby cat.
Anagrams
- brotie, obiter
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?r.b??/
Noun
torbie f
- dative singular of torba
- locative singular of torba
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