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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=early 15th century|origins=la texō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈteks.tʃə/, US /ˈteks.tʃɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|texture]] and directly [[la|textūra|t=web, structure, weaving]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from the stem of [[m|la|texō|t=to weave]] (see [[text]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*teks-|t=to weave, fabricate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A network or structure, first in anatomy: probably about 1425, in a translation of Chauliac's surgery, in Barnhart; the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Weaving itself is an obsolete sense of 1447.^(OED 1989) A natural structure that looks woven is from 1578,^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) and the nature or quality of something immaterial from 1611.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The structure of physical substances is from 1660 and of organic bodies from 1665,^(OED 1989) and the character of a woven fabric from 1685.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) The verb meant to weave in the 1690s, and to give a texture to by 1888.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1425 – a network, structure.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1447 – weaving (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1578 – a structure like weaving.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1611 – nature, quality.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1685 – the character of a fabric.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1888 – textured.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The feel or appearance of a surface: ''a rough texture''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The structure, appearance and feel of a woven fabric.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The structure or composition of something: ''the texture of a cake''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The distinctive character or quality of something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A rough or grainy surface.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To give a texture to a surface.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[textural]]

+ * [[texturally]]

+ * [[textured]]

+ * [[textureless]]

+ * [[intertexture]]

+ * [[retexture]]

+ * [[texturize]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[context]]

+ * [[pretext]]

+ * [[subtext]]

+ * [[text]]

+ * [[textual]]

+ * [[textile]]

+ * [[tissue]]

+ * [[technical]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}