fez
nounattested in dialogue
- United States//fɛz//
A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
noun
- 1
A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
He was in his shirt, but he still wore his fez, as though he had gone to bed in it, which was probably the case.
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فس (fes) (modern Turkish fes), named after Fez, Morocco, (capital of the Kingdom of Morocco until 1927), where the dye to color the hat was extracted from crimson berries.
Forms
- plural
- fezzes, fezes
few · An indefinite, but usually small, number of.Few · The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain.fewer · Less; a smaller amount of something non-integral commonly…
fez · A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
Fez · A city in Morocco.fi · The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the…Fi · A diminutive of the female given name Fiona.