Home › Words › P › piccadillpiccadillpiccadill · noun — A large, broad lace collar from the 17th century.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyPossibly from Spanish picadillo, from picado (“punctured, pierced”); compare 17th century Spanish picadura (“a similar lace collar”).nounA large, broad lace collar from the 17th century.e.g.“But he that some fortie or fifty yeares sithens should haue asked for a Pickadilly, I wonder who could haue vnderstood him, or could haue told what a Pickadilly had beene, either fish or flesh.” — 1614, Barnabee Rych, The Honestie of this Age: Proouing by Good Circumstance that the World was Neuer Honest Till Now, London: T.A., pages 37-8:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.carcanet 60% match — A richly decorative collar. vs piccadill →petti 57% match — A petticoat. vs piccadill →collarette 56% match — A small collar, especially as a kind of necklace of lace, fur etc. for women; a ruff vs piccadill →picoted 56% match — decorated with picots vs piccadill →capelet 55% match — A small cape worn over the shoulders by women. vs piccadill →neckcloth 54% match — An ornamental cravat, usually white. vs piccadill →picot 53% match — An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops. vs piccadill →bycoket 53% match — A type of medieval cap with a wide brim that comes to a point in the front and is turned up at the rear, originally worn by Western European nobility and royalty. vs piccadill →