"microskirt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microskirts [plural]
Etymology: From micro- + skirt, by analogy with miniskirt. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|skirt}} micro- + skirt Head templates: {{en-noun}} microskirt (plural microskirts)
  1. An extremely short miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level. Wikipedia link: microskirt Categories (topical): Clothing, Skirts Translations (extremely short skirt): mikrohame (Finnish), microjupe [feminine] (French), microgonna (Italian), microssaia (Portuguese), микро-юбка (mikro-jubka) (Russian), microfalda [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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