Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Pure fabrication or fiction: "He invented, almost out of whole cloth, what it means to be American” ( Ned Rorem). "His account of being drugged, kidnapped and tortured was made up of whole cloth” ( George Carver).
Wiktionary
- n. A newly made textile which has not yet been cut. Also called broad cloth.
- n. A complete fabrication. A lie with no basis in the truth.
- n. Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.
Etymologies
- From the fabrication of garments out of newly manufactured, full-sized pieces of cloth.
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hernesheir Made out of whole cloth, as in tabula rasa, sui generis and the like. Jan 19, 2010