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Camisole

//ˈkamɪsəʊl// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.

    "A visible bra strap, a bit of camisole peeking, a partially exposed thong: Innerwear slinks into a new role"

  2. 2
    a short negligee wordnet
  3. 3
    A straitjacket. dated
  4. 4
    a short sleeveless undergarment for women wordnet
  5. 5
    A light jacket with sleeves. historical
Verb
  1. 1
    To straitjacket. dated

    "If, in viewing the question from its sentimental aspect, you deplore the insult offered to manly dignity by camisoling a fellow-creature, let me ask if this manly dignity is not already compromised by the fact of patients covering themselves with ordure, denuding and mutilating themselves and striking those about them?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”).

Etymology 2

From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”).

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