anadem

American  

[an-uh-dem] / ˈæn əˌdɛm /

noun

Archaic.

1. a garland or wreath for the head.

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anadem British  

/ ˈænəˌdɛm /

noun

1. poetic a garland for the head

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Etymology

Origin of anadem

1595–1605; < Latin anadēm ( a ) headband < Greek, derivative of anadeîn to bind up ( ana- ana- + dē- verbid stem of deîn to bind) + -ma noun suffix

Example Sentences

Anadem, an′a-dem, n. a band or fillet bound round the head: a wreath or chaplet of flowers.

From Project Gutenberg

But like a thing nailed down The burning gold held fast the anadem, And through her locks, the more she scattered them, Came fire the fiercer, till to earth she fell A thing—save to her sire—scarce nameable, And strove no more.

From Project Gutenberg

Can I forget how Love once led the ways Of our two lives together, joining them; How every hour was his anadem, And every day a tablet in his praise!

From Project Gutenberg

His squalid discontent they saw, And, for that he had worshipped them With incense and with anadem, They willed his wintry world should thaw; And at thy cradle did decree That fifteen years should pass, and thou Should'st breathe upon that pallid brow Favonian airs of mirth and glee.

From Project Gutenberg

Idris was as the star, set in single splendour in the dim anadem of balmy evening; ready to enlighten and delight the subject world, shielded herself from every taint by her unimagined distance from all that was not like herself akin to heaven.

From Project Gutenberg