shagreen
Meanings
Plural: shagreens
Noun
- An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
- A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle.
Verb
- To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.
Origin / Etymology
1677, Anglicized form of chagrin, from French chagrin, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری (modern Turkish sağrı).
However, the etymology of French chagrin is complex and disputed, likely of Germanic origin – whether there was any influence between an existing French word of Germanic origin and a Turkish loan is unclear.
Scrabble Score: 12
shagreen is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordshagreen is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shagreen is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
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