Batik (noun)
ba-teek
A method (originally used in Java) of producing coloured designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed./Cloth dyed using the Batik method.
Late 19th century: from Javanese, literally ‘painted’.
Example sentences
“I still wear the batik scarf you bought me on your travels.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
