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Word entry · 3 letters

fez

Best crossword clue

"Tasseled cap"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /fɛz/Part of speech nounSorted efzStarts with FEnds with Z1 cluesCommon crossword word
1F2E3Z

Definitions

  1. A brimless felt hat shaped like a short cone, often red with a tassel.

Word origin

From Ottoman Turkish فس (fes) (modern Turkish fes), named after Fez, Morocco, (capital of the Kingdom of Morocco until 1927), where the dye to color the hat was extracted from crimson berries.

Used in a sentence

  • He was in his shirt, but he still wore his fez, as though he had gone to bed in it, which was probably the case.

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