PREFERRED TERM
Tunic
DEFINITION
- n. From the Latin "tunica", the French "tunique", and the Old English "tunece". An ancient gown-like garment worn by men and women equally, used by the Greeks and Romans. Lately, at medieval times, in England, it evolved into a body-garment, resembling a coat. Nowadays, it is thought commonly as a plain body-coat.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
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ENTRY TERMS
- tunicle
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Tunique
French
Tunica
Italian
Túnica
Spanish
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