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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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petticoat
English
Etymology
From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty +? coat.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?t?k??t/
Noun
petticoat (plural petticoats)
- (historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.
- (historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
- (historical) A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
- (archaic or historical) A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
- A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.
- (slang) A woman.
- (historical) A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.
Synonyms
- underskirt
Derived terms
- petticoat government
- petticoating
- petticoat pipe
- underpetticoat
Translations
Verb
petticoat (third-person singular simple present petticoats, present participle petticoating, simple past and past participle petticoated)
- (transitive) To dress in a petticoat.
Adjective
petticoat (not comparable)
- (dated) Feminine; female; involving a woman.
- petticoat influence
- a petticoat affair
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