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mist cap

mist cap noun: a cap that provides invisibility to the one who wears it.

Noun

mist cap (plural mist caps)

  1. A cap that provides invisibility to the one who wears it.
    • Hardly was one half of his peas threshed when he heard a piteous wailing, and on going to look for the cause, he found on the ground under the peas one of the dwarfs whose skull he had rapped with his flail, and who was now visible, having lost his mist-cap with the blow.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn

Forms of mist cap

pluralmist caps

Questions about mist cap

What does mist cap mean?
Mist cap means a cap that provides invisibility to the one who wears it.
What part of speech is mist cap?
Mist cap is a noun.
What is the plural of mist cap?
The plural of mist cap is mist caps.

Words near mist cap in the dictionary

  1. missynthesizes
  2. missynthesizing
  3. mist
  4. mist belt
  5. mist belts
  6. mist cap
  7. mist caps
  8. mist coat
  9. mist coats
  10. mist frog
  11. mist frogs

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