Denier

Pronunciation

• enPR: dÉ™nî(r)', IPA: /dəˈnɪə(r)/ coin
  
• enPR: dÄ•n'Ä­É™(r), IPA: /ˈdÉ›nɪə(r)/ unit of fineness of yarn
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Old French denier, from Latin denarius.

Full definition of denier

Noun

1. (now historical) An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
• 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 117:A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.
2. A unit of weight which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery.
• 2002, Jill Mansell, Staying at Daisy's:Upstairs she rummaged through her chest of drawers, finally unearthing an unopened pack of ten denier barely blacks.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dÄ­nÄ«'É™(r), IPA: /dɪˈnaɪə(r)/

{1} + -er.

Noun

1. Person who denies something.Holocaust denier (see )Global warming denier (see )AIDS denier (see )

Related terms

• denialism
• denialist

Anagrams

• Nereid, nereid, reined