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paisley¹

  • /ˈpeɪzli/

Where it comes from

From Paisley, Renfrewshire, in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s.

noun paisleys

  1. countable, uncountable A motif of a swirling droplet.

    Similar: boteh, Persian pickle, Welsh pear

  2. countable, uncountable A soft woollen fabric having this motif.

adjective

  1. not comparable Made from this fabric, or marked with this design. I shall be wearing a Paisley shawl with a red centre, and thus may easily be found.

Paisley²

  • /ˈpeɪzli/

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Pàislig (“pasture”).

Despite occasional respellings such as Paisleigh, this word does not etymologically contain the suffix -ley/-leigh.

proper noun Paisleys

  1. countable, uncountable A town, the administrative centre of Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4863).
  2. countable, uncountable A locality in the Murray Mallee region, South Australia.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and village in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Lake County, Florida, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable A small city in Lake County, Oregon, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  8. countable, uncountable A unisex given name from the surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hey, beasley, palmette, floral, trefoil, picotee, flammule, flower petal, flower, floret, maculation, parastichy, petal, phyllomorph, petaloidy, floriation

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noun motif

日本語ペーズリー pēzurī
中文佩斯利紋 /佩斯利纹, 變形蟲紋 /变形虫纹
Françaismotif cachemire
DeutschPaisley, Paisleymuster
Русский«туре́цкие огурцы́»

noun fabric

中文佩斯利花布, 變形蟲花布 /变形虫花布

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"paisley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paisley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

paisley. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paisley

Chicago

"paisley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paisley.

BibTeX
@misc{paisley_2026,
  title = {paisley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paisley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}