| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| sarcenet |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sarce·net |
| PRONUNCIATION: | särs n t |
| NOUN: | A fine soft silk cloth. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English sarsenet, from Anglo-Norman sarzinett, perhaps from Old French Saracin, Saracen, from Late Latin Sarac nus. See Saracen.
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