den|ier

de|ni|er¹ «dih NY uhr», noun.

a person who denies.

den|ier² «DEHN yuhr, duh NIHR for 1; duh NIHR for 2 and 3 », noun.

1. a unit of weight used to express the fineness of silk or synthetic yarn, such as rayon or nylon, or other fiber, based on the number of.05 grams (of weight) in 450 meters of length: »

A 15-denier nylon stocking is finer than a 30-denier stocking.

2. an old French coin, originally silver, about ¹/₁₂ of a sou, later having little value.

3. a very small sum.

╂[< Old French denier < Latin dēnārius. See etym. of doublets denarius (Cf. ↑denarius), dinar. (Cf. ↑dinar)]