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camisia

camisia noun: an ancient kind of shirt or nightgown.

Noun

camisia (plural camisias or camisiae)

  1. (historical) An ancient kind of shirt or nightgown.
    • The father and son depicted here wear short linen camisias. The boy's camisia was probably his “dress-up” wear; the vertical stripe appears on matching stockings. The father's light-colored camisia is worn for work, doubling as an undergarment when he dresses up in an over-tunica.2003, Tom Tierney, Historic Costume: From Ancient Times to the Renaissance, page 58

Forms of camisia

pluralcamisias
pluralcamisiae

Origin of camisia

From Latin camisia.

Questions about camisia

What does camisia mean?
Camisia means an ancient kind of shirt or nightgown.
What part of speech is camisia?
Camisia is a noun.
What is the plural of camisia?
The plural of camisia is camisias.

Words near camisia in the dictionary

  1. Camisards
  2. camisas
  3. camisated
  4. camise
  5. camises
  6. camisia
  7. camisiae
  8. camisias
  9. camisole
  10. camisoled
  11. camisoles

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