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serge

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/sɜːd͡ʒ/
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/sɜːd͡ʒ/ · /sɝd͡ʒ/

Definition of serge

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A type of worsted cloth.
    “Lucy, who had only seen her in either the large loose wrapping dress of serge, or in the quaint simplicity of the Puritanic garb, then so general in England, could not restrain an exclamation of admiration as she returned to their chamber.”
    “What I noticed most strongly was his smell, of hair oil and serge and cigarette smoke, and something else, something intimate and sour and wholly, shockingly other.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A type of worsted cloth.
    “Lucy, who had only seen her in either the large loose wrapping dress of serge, or in the quaint simplicity of the Puritanic garb, then so general in England, could not restrain an exclamation of admiration as she returned to their chamber.”
    “What I noticed most strongly was his smell, of hair oil and serge and cigarette smoke, and something else, something intimate and sour and wholly, shockingly other.”
  2. (countable, metonymically, uncountable)A garment made of this fabric.
  3. A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.

verb

  1. To overlock.

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Etymology

From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric.

Anagrams of serge

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