Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mandarining

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-darin-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of a nitric acid solution to give an orange colour to textiles, such as silk or wool.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures By this method, which is called mandarining, an orange colour is given to silk and wool, not from the solution of a colouring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fibre by the action of dilute nitric acid."

Etymology

From mandarin + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mandarin

Usage

Questions

What does mandarining mean?: The use of a nitric acid solution to give an orange colour to textiles, such as silk or wool.
Where does mandarining come from?: From mandarin + -ing.

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