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6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages
originFrom Middle English samite, from Old French samit, from Medieval Latin samitum, examitum, from Byzantine Greek ἑξάμιτον (hexámiton), from ἕξ (héx, “six”) + μίτος (mítos, “thread”).
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