m 3 o 1 h 4 a 1 i 1 r 1
6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat
originEarlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, both from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, “to choose”). Form influenced by hair through folk etymology. Doublet of moire; compare mockado.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0