mockado

noun

mock·​a·​do

məˈkä(ˌ)dō

plural -es

1

: a fabric made chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries usually of wool and in imitation of velvet

2

obsolete : inferior stuff : trumpery

Word History

Etymology

modification of obsolete Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro fabric of camel's or goat's hair, mohair

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