muumuu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hawaiian muʻumuʻu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmuːmuː/
  • Hyphenation: muu‧muu

Noun

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muumuu (plural muumuus)

  1. A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
    • 1998, Peter Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Bloomsbury, published 1999, page 132:
      Short and zoftig, she wore muumuus and rose-tinted, oversize glasses, was loud, abrasive, and very funny.

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