tissue
/ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Madame Legarde, the "glass of fashion and the nurse of form," (alias the most fashionable of milliners,) has comfortably assured me, "that my figure has great merit, and only requires cultivation:" this is to be done by tissues, brocades, and laces, which are now scattered round me in charming confusion."
- "The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue."
- "A Robe of Tiſſue, ſtiff with golden Wire; / An upper Veſt, once Hellen’s rich Attire; [...]"
- "In their glittering tissues bear emblazed / Holy memorials."
- "Corinius went on the right, wearing a rich cloak of sky-blue tissue over his shining armour."
- "What they lack is outermost brain tissue that, at least in humans, prompts awareness and interpretation."
Etymology
From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: tissu, texō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/
- British English: /ˈtɪs.juː/