jean
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See also: Jean
Etymology
From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.
Pronunciation
Noun
jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)
- (chiefly attributive) Denim.
- She wore a tattered jean jacket.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:
- Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.
Derived terms
References
- Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Jean”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., page 26.
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