simar
simar noun: a woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.
Noun
simar (plural simars)
- A woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.
- [T]heir beautiful tresses were braided and incensed; and they were wrapped in symars whiter than alabaster.1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
- [T]he profusion of her sable tresses, which, each arranged in its own spiral of twisted curls, fell down upon as much of a snow-white neck and bosom as a simarre of the richest Persian silk, […]1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VIII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages...
- A type of ecclesiastical vestment, similar to a cassock.
- A light covering; a cloak or mantle.
Forms of simar
| plural | simars |
|---|---|
| alternative form | simarre |
| alternative form | symar |
Origin of simar
Borrowed from French simarre (“type of robe”), from Italian cimarra, zimarra. Doublet of chimer.
Questions about simar
- What does simar mean?
- Simar means a woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.
- What part of speech is simar?
- Simar is a noun.
- What is the plural of simar?
- The plural of simar is simars.
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