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palempore

palempore is the alternative form of palampore.

Meaning of palampore

Noun

palampore (countable and uncountable, plural palampores)

  1. (historical) A rich cotton cloth, originally made in India, used for bedspreads and shawls.
    • He fancied, however, that he perceived, amongst the brambles and briars, some gigantic flowers but was mistaken: for these were only the dangling palampores and variegated tatters of his gay retinue.1816, William Beckford, Vathek, Oxford, published 2013, page 41

Forms of palempore

pluralpalempores

Questions about palempore

What is palempore the alternative form of?
Palempore is the alternative form of palampore.

Words near palempore in the dictionary

  1. Palembang
  2. Palembangese
  3. Palembangs
  4. palemouth
  5. palemouths
  6. palempore
  7. palempores
  8. palen
  9. Palena
  10. Palencia
  11. palendag

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palempore (page history and authors); palampore (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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