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gown
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman gune, goune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”), from Ancient Greek ????? (goúna, “coarse garment”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Balkan or Apennine language. Alternatively, perhaps from Scythian, from Proto-Iranian *gawnám (“fur”) (compare Younger Avestan ????????????????????? (gaona, “body hair”) and Ossetian ???? (?un)).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
- enPR: goun, IPA(key): /?a?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Noun
gown (plural gowns)
- A loose, flowing upper garment.
- A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
- The official robe of certain professionals and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
- The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
- (by metonymy) The university community.
- In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.
- A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
- Any sort of dress or garb.
- The robe worn by a surgeon.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gown (third-person singular simple present gowns, present participle gowning, simple past and past participle gowned)
- To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.
References
Anagrams
- Wong, wong
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mantua
English
Etymology
From French manteau, perhaps by confusion with Mantua in Italy.
Noun
mantua (plural mantuas)
- An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
- (obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
- 1882, S. William Beck, The Draper's Dictionary
- Anderson mentions black and coloured mantuas amongst other silks introduced here by the French immigrants of 1685. […] Mantuas are also included in a list of silks advertised for sale in the British Chronicle of 1763 […]
- 1882, S. William Beck, The Draper's Dictionary
- (obsolete) A woman's cloak or mantle.
- (obsolete) A woman's gown.
Anagrams
- tamanu
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