Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medici collar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: medi-ci -col-lar
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fan-shaped (especially lace) collar, standing upright behind the head and sloping down to meet a square neckline in front.

Example Sentences

"Ruperta tonight was in a narrow black bengaline costume with a Medici collar and cuffs of bastard chinchilla."

Etymology

A style popularized by fashionable members of the Medici family in the seventeenth century.

Inflected Forms

Medici collars (plural) de Medici collar (alternative)

Questions

What does medici collar mean?: A fan-shaped (especially lace) collar, standing upright behind the head and sloping down to meet a square neckline in front.
Where does medici collar come from?: A style popularized by fashionable members of the Medici family in the seventeenth century.

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