Raiment

//ˈɹeɪ.mənt// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clothing, garments, dress, material. archaic, countable, literary, uncountable

    "For all that beauty that doth cover thee Is but the seemly raiment of my heart"

  2. 2
    especially fine or decorative clothing wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    provide with clothes or put clothes on wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
arrayarraydressapparelapparelattire

Example

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"Bare were her knees, and from her shoulders hung / the wonted bow, kept handy for the prey / her flowing raiment in a knot she strung, / and loosed her tresses with the winds to play."

Etymology

Aphetized from Middle English arayment, borrowed from Anglo-Norman arraiement and Old French areement, from areer (“to array”). See array.

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