tiffany
[adjective]
Synonyms: filmy, diaphanous, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, transparent

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Tiffany noun². ['tɪf(ǝ)ni] L19.
[See below.]
Used attrib. and in possess. to designate articles made by or associated with: (a) Charles L. Tiffany (1812-1902), goldsmith and founder of the fashionable New York jewellers Tiffany & Co.; (b) his son Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933), art nouveau decorator noted for his iridescent glassware.

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tiffany noun¹ & adjective. ['tɪf(ǝ)ni] E17.
[Old French tifanie from ecclesiastical Latin theophania from Greek theophaneia: see THEOPHANY.]
A. noun.
1. Orig., a kind of thin transparent silk. Now usu., a transparent or translucent gauze muslin. E17.

2. An article or garment made of tiffany. E17.

3. fig. Something insubstantial or trivial. arch. E17.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Made of or resembling tiffany; fig. (arch.) insubstantial, trivial, flimsy. E17.

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