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chintz(dictionary)

chintz (iou)



chintz noun1 & adjective. E17.
[Hindi ch&imactilde; spattering, stain. Mod. form a fanciful spelling of original pl.]
A. noun. Pl. chintzes. Orig. chint, pl. chints. Orig., a painted or stained calico from India. Now, a cotton cloth with a particoloured pattern, usu. fast-printed and glazed. E17.
b. adjective. Of chintz; covered with chintz. E18.
chintzy adjective (a) decorated or covered with chintz; (b) fig. unfashionable; genteel, suburban, petit bourgeois: M19.