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watteau back

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
wat-teau back
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.

Etymology

After the 18th-century French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.

Inflected Forms

Watteau backs (plural)

Questions

What does watteau back mean?
The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.
Where does watteau back come from?
After the 18th-century French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.

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