tunic
English
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A Roman dressed in a tunic.
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A young boy in tunic and trousers.
Alternative forms
- tunick (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, possibly from Semitic[1]; see also Aramaic [script needed] (kittuna), Hebrew כותנתה (kuttoneth, “coat”); or from Etruscan. Existed in Old English as "tunece"; unknown if term was lost and then reborrowed later.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tjuːnɪk/, /tunɪk/
- Rhymes: -uːnɪk
Noun
tunic (plural tunics)
- A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess:
- As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
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- (anatomy, botany) Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.
Translations
garment
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- The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Volume 18
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