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Etymology
From Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.

Noun
damask (plural: damasks)

1. an ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus

#: True damasks are pure silk

1. for the damask rose
2. the facial colour which is the colour of the damask rose
3. colour a grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.

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Translations
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Italian: damasco m
Japanese: 絢�� (�����, ayadonsu)
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Russian: дама�� (damást) m
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Finnish: syvä vaaleanpunainen
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Japanese: ��� (����, barairo)
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Quotations
;ornate silk
1836: but what struck Tom's fancy most was a strange, grim-looking, high backed chair, carved in the most fantastic manner, with a flowered damask cushion, and the round knobs at the bottom of the legs carefully tied up in red cloth, as if it had got the gout in its toes. &mdash; Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, 1836

;facial colour
1602: But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, / Feed on her damask cheek &mdash; William Shakespeare, Twlefth Night
1849: Thursday. D. certainly improved. Better night. Slight tinge of damask revisiting cheek. &mdash; Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
1849: They had a lurking suspicion even, that he died of secret love; though I must say there was a picture of him in the house with a damask nose, which concealment did not appear to have ever preyed upon. &mdash; Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
1973: My cage has many rooms / Damask and dark / Nothing there sings, / Not even my lark. &mdash; Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd

Adjective
damask

1. color of a grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.

Translations
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Finnish: syvä vaaleanpunainen
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Derived terms
damascene
damask rose
damask steel

See also
dornick
kincob
lampas
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

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Category:Fabrics
Category:Reds

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