seersucker means A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
SEERSUCKER — [Noun] A thin, puckered, all-cotton fabric, typically striped, used for warm-weather clothing. From Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), from Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally 'milk and sugar'), originally describing the fabric's alternating smooth and rough texture. Unlike linen, which clings to a crisp, aristocratic smoothness, or gauze, which aspires to an ethereal transparency, seersucker is democratic, pragmatic, and permanently rumpled. It is the hum of a ceiling fan over a striped blazer, the crisp pocket of air between fabric and skin, and the permanent wrinkle that spurns the iron—a small, wrinkled victory where the flaw is the function.
noun
- A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.“I saw merely a lank, commonplace, and simple-looking farmer, going about his chores in faded blue overalls, a seersucker shirt, and a straw hat of the kind that is called a "cow's breakfast."”
- An article made from such fabric.