| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | et·a·mine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   t  -m n |
| NOUN: | A soft, lightweight, loosely woven cotton or worsted fabric. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French estamine, from Latin st minea, from feminine of stmineus, made of threads, from stmen, thread. See st- in Appendix I.
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