burnoose

Or bur·nous

[ber-noos, bur-noos]

noun

1. a hooded mantle or cloak, as that worn by Arabs.

2. a similar garment worn by women at various periods in Europe and the United States.

Other Word Forms

• burnoosed adjective
• burnoused adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of burnoose¹

1685–95; < French burnous < dialectal Arabic burnūs < Greek bírros < Late Latin birrus birrus

Example Sentences

Merroun slipped out of his white burnoose and into his suit jacket, smiling as he settled into a chair.

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While stewing over Marjorie’s rebuff, he is surprised by an unannounced visitor wearing a burnoose, who suggests that the two “experiment” together on Paul Lessingham.

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You sense that worldly taste and wide-ranging interest in the show, in a small selection of Arabic djellabas and burnooses, and photographs of Morocco by Fortuny.

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He may live in Tangier for years, but he never learns to wear a burnoose, or forgets to put on the coat his tailor has sent him from home as the latest in fashion.

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A tall dark-skinned man, attired in an Arabian burnoose and wearing a turban, answered the ring at the door, precisely as Larry anticipated—for the stage was always well set to impress visitors.

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