tasseled
tasseled Lexical Profile
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• adjective
American Adorned, furnished, or bordered with hanging tufts of loosely bound threads or cords.
"She wore a pair of polished leather loafers with tasseled fringes on the front."
American Bearing a branching, fringe-like cluster of male flowers at the top of the stalk, especially in reference to corn or maize.
"By mid-July, the tall, tasseled stalks of corn stretched across the entire valley."
• verb
American To put forth a branching, fringe-like floral spike at the top of the stalk (past tense and past participle of tassel, especially of corn).
"The farmers knew the harvest would be on schedule once the corn had tasseled in the summer heat."
American To adorn or furnish a garment, curtain, or object with hanging tufts of threads (past tense and past participle of tassel).
"The artisan carefully tasseled the corners of the velvet cushion with gold silk thread."
Word Nuance & Usage
Spelled "tasseled" in American English and "tasselled" in British English.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the noun "tassel" (from Old French tassel, meaning a clasp or ornament) plus the suffix "-ed".