Why this word is great
BOMBAZINE — [Noun] A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton, typically dyed black. From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, a variant of Latin bombycinum ("silken"), from bombyx ("silkworm"). Unlike "crape" (lightweight and crinkled, whispering with mourning’s fragility) or "corduroy" (sturdy, ribbed, built for labor), bombazine is a fabric of solemn weight, smooth yet substantial, woven for the gravity of grief. It is the black dress of a Victorian widow, the stiff drape of funeral curtains, the muted sheen of a coffin’s lining—cloth that carries not just the body, but the burden of absence.