Meaning

noun coarse cloth with a bright print

adjective made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned

adjective having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

originFrom Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”).

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