calico C2+ Topic:War & Conflict US /ˈkæ.lɪ.koʊ/ UK /ˈkæ.lɪ.kəʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #36404 Meanings 1 adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly They love calico cats. 2 adj made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned Calico dresses come and go in popularity. 3 noun A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern. This helix was covered with calico, and then a second wire applied in the same manner. 4 noun Ellipsis of calico cat. One of them, a calico whose half-grown kittens he just fed, slow-blinks at him, an affectionate gesture. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having sections or patches... multi-colored Word family Derived forms calicoed Etymology From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”). Topics War & Conflict External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # calico **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkæ.lɪ.koʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkæ.lɪ.kəʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 36404 ## Meanings 1. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly 2. made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned 3. A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern. 4. Ellipsis of calico cat. ## Examples - They love calico cats. - Calico dresses come and go in popularity. - This helix was covered with calico, and then a second wire applied in the same manner. - One of them, a calico whose half-grown kittens he just fed, slow-blinks at him, an affectionate gesture. ## Derived Forms - calicoed ## Etymology From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”). ## Topics - War & Conflict markdown