antimacassar
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antimacassar
- /ˌæn.tɪ.məˈkæs.ə/ UK
- /ˌæn.tɪ.məˈkæs.ɚ/ US
Rhymes with -æsə(ɹ)
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From anti- + macassar. Antimacassars were originally used to protect upholstery from being soiled by macassar oil in the sitter's hair.
noun antimacassars
- A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa. She was particularly fond of animals, and, besides her canary, whose cage hung on a nail in the massive wall of the keep by day, to the great annoyance of prisoners who relished an after-dinner nap, and was shrouded in an antimacassar on the parlour table at night, she kept several piebald mice and
Translations
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noun cover for furniture
| Français | antimacassar, têtière |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Antimakassar, Sofaschoner |
| Ελληνικά | κάλημμα επίπλων kálimma epíplon |
| Русский | антимакассар antimakassar |
Talk about this word "antimacassar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/antimacassar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. antimacassar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/antimacassar "antimacassar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/antimacassar.Cite this
@misc{antimacassar_2026,
title = {antimacassar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/antimacassar},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
