Denier vs Dewier - What's the difference?
denier | dewier |
An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
* 2011 , (Norman Davies), Vanished Kingdoms , Penguin 2012, p. 117:
A unit of weight which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery.
* 2002 , (Jill Mansell), Staying at Daisy's :
Person who something.
(dewy)
Covered by dew.
Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
* 1831 , :
As a verb denier
is to deny.As an adjective dewier is
(dewy).denier
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) denier, from (etyl) denarius.Noun
(en noun)- A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.
- Upstairs she rummaged through her chest of drawers, finally unearthing an unopened pack of ten denier barely blacks.
See also
* texEtymology 2
(deny).Noun
(en noun)- Holocaust denier (see )
- Global warming denier (see )
- AIDS denier (see )
Anagrams
* English heteronyms ----dewier
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*dewy
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The dewy grass was too slick for football.
- In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
- At midnight, in the month of June,
I stand beneath the mystic moon.
An opiate vapor, dewy , dim,
Exhales from out her golden rim