Vestiture
/ˈvɛstɪstjʊə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The hairs of plants, invertebrates and other non-mammalian organisms, taken as a whole. countable, uncountable
"Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae."
- 2 an archaic term for clothing wordnet
- 3 Investiture (of a person with a specific role, powers etc.). countable, rare, uncountable
- 4 Clothes, clothing. archaic, countable, literary, uncountable
"Toward the end of the second album the photography burst into color to celebrate the vivid vestiture of her adolescent molts."
Example
More examples"Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin vestitura, from Latin vestire.