What does Calico mean?
Definitions for Calico
ˈkæl ɪˌkoʊcal·i·co
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Calico.
Princeton's WordNet
calicoadjective
coarse cloth with a bright print
calicoadjective
made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
"calico dresses"; "a calico cat"
motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicolouredadjective
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
"a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
Wiktionary
caliconoun
A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern.
calicoadjective
Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Caliconoun
An Indian stuff made of cotton; sometimes stained with gay and beautiful colours.
Etymology: from Calecut in India.
I wear the hoop petticoat, and am all in calicoes, when the finest are in silks. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 293.
Wikipedia
Calico
Calico (; in British usage since 1505) is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is far coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than canvas or denim. However, it is still very cheap owing to its unfinished and undyed appearance. The fabric was originally from the city of Calicut in southwestern India. It was made by the traditional weavers called cāliyans. The raw fabric was dyed and printed in bright hues, and calico prints became popular in Europe.
Webster Dictionary
Caliconoun
plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc
Caliconoun
cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern
Calicoadjective
made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color
Etymology: [So called because first imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]
Wikidata
Calico
Calico in British usage is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may contain unseparated husk parts, for example. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or denim, but owing to its unfinished and undyed appearance, it is still very cheap. Originally from the city of Kozhikode in Kerala, India. The fabric was made by the traditional weavers called chaliyans. The raw fabric was dyed and printed in bright hues and calico prints became popular in Europe.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Calico
kal′i-kō, n. a cotton cloth, first brought from Calicut in India: plain white unprinted cotton cloth, bleached or unbleached: coarse printed cotton cloth.—adj. made of calico: spotted—n. Cal′ico-print′er, one employed in printing calicoes.
Rap Dictionary
caliconoun
A type of small assault pistol that fires 9mm rounds, famous for the large 50 or 100 round drum magazines that sit atop the weapon. But I will, wet niggas and wet women with the calico -- Z-Ro (Mo City Don), I got the calico with the black talons loaded in the clip. -- Notorious B.I.G. (Unbelievable)
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Etymology and Origins
Calico
First brought from Calicut in the East Indies.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CALICO
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Calico is ranked #47521 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Calico surname appeared 446 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Calico.
68.3% or 305 total occurrences were White.
16.8% or 75 total occurrences were Black.
9.6% or 43 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
2.6% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Anagrams for Calico »
accoil
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Calico in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Calico in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Calico in a Sentence
If you're sitting at the cat cafe and you're having a cup of coffee and this beautiful 10-year-old calico cat comes and rubs up against your leg, and you're someone who is open to adopting, you're just as likely to have your heart connect to that cat as Julian, who is 10 months old.
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- كاليكوArabic
- хасе, басма, пъстър, басмен, платно, шаренBulgarian
- kalikoCzech
- calicoDanish
- KattunGerman
- τσίτιGreek
- kalicoEsperanto
- calicóSpanish
- چلوارPersian
- calicoFinnish
- calicotFrench
- calicoIrish
- kartonHungarian
- belacuIndonesian
- calicòItalian
- כותנהHebrew
- カリコJapanese
- 옥양목Korean
- calicoLatin
- karikoMāori
- calicoDutch
- calicoNorwegian
- perkalPolish
- chitaPortuguese
- stambăRomanian
- коленкорRussian
- kalikåSwedish
- ผ้าดิบThai
- patiskaTurkish
- бязьUkrainian
- کیلیکوUrdu
- calicoVietnamese
- calicoYiddish
- 印花布Chinese
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