| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| tarlatan |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tar·la·tan |
| PRONUNCIATION: | tär l -t n, -l -tn |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also tar·le·tan |
| NOUN: | A thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French tarlatane, alteration of earlier tarnatane.
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