| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tif·fa·ny |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t f  -n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. tif·fa·nies
A thin, transparent gauze of silk or cotton muslin. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably from obsolete French tiphanie, Epiphany, from Old French, from Late Latin theophania. See theophany.
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