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tiffany

1

[tif-uh-nee]

noun

plural

tiffanies 
  1. a sheer, mesh fabric constructed in plain weave, originally made of silk but now often made of cotton or synthetic fibers.



Tiffany

2

[tif-uh-nee]

noun

  1. Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.

  2. his son Louis Comfort 1848–1933, U.S. painter and decorator, especially of glass.

  3. a female given name.

Tiffany

1

/ ˈپəɪ /

noun

  1. Louis Comfort. 1848–1933, US glass-maker and Art-Nouveau craftsman, best known for creating the Favrile style of stained glass

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Tiffany

2

noun

  1. another name for Chantilly

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tiffany

3

/ ˈɪəɪ /

noun

  1. a sheer fine gauzy fabric

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tiffany1

1250–1300; 1595–1605 for current sense; perhaps punning use of the earlier word, Middle English: feast of the Epiphany < Old French tiphanie Epiphany < Late Latin theophania. See theophany
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tiffany1

C17: (in the sense: a fine dress worn on Twelfth Night): from Old French tifanie, from ecclesiastical Latin theophania Epiphany; see theophany
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Greenwood is survived by his brother, Al; sister, Laverne; son, Jemil; and daughter, Tiffany, along with his former wife, Joyce.

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While many have praised the tenacity of 28-year-old Tiffany Slaton, others have expressed doubts about the veracity of her shocking survival story and have criticized her family’s fundraising motives.

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Tiffany Bramley, whose bank rejected her request for a loan to re-start her business after her daughter died, said banks "tend to just label people and that needs to change".

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The fraying edges around the blueprint Palmer borrows from here wouldn’t matter half as much if the movie had anything insightful to say about what makes Tiffany’s beef with Lori remarkable.

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