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camisole

[kam-uh-sohl]
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noun
  1. a short garment worn underneath a sheer bodice to conceal the underwear.
  2. a woman's negligee jacket.
  3. a sleeved jacket or jersey once worn by men.
  4. a straitjacket with long sleeves.
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Origin of camisole

1810–20; < French < Provençal camisola; equivalent to camis(a) (< Late Latin camīsa shirt; see chemise) + -ola -ule
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Related Words

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  • Her sleeves were rolled up and her camisole was slipping down her shoulders.

    L'Assommoir

    Emile Zola

  • Then she slipped off her petticoat and camisole, and put on the muslin wrapper.

  • And as to the camisole and jupon, I am not quite sure about them either.

    Shirley

    Charlotte Bront

  • A strait-jacket, indeed, is not a camisole, just as electrocution is not hanging.

    A Mind That Found Itself

    Clifford Whittingham Beers

  • Then there was the camisole that concealed the corset and had to be "pinned" in with safety pins.

    Mrs. Warren's Daughter

    Sir Harry Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for camisole

camisole

noun
  1. a woman's underbodice with shoulder straps, originally designed as a cover for a corset
  2. a woman's dressing jacket or short negligée
  3. (modifier) resembling a camisole (the underbodice), as in fitting snugly around the bust and having a straight necklinea camisole slip; a camisole top
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Word Origin

C19: from French, from Provençal camisola, from camisa shirt, from Late Latin camīsia
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Word Origin and History for camisole

n.

1816, from French camisole (16c.), from Provençal camisola "mantle," diminutive of camisa "shirt," from Late Latin camisia "shirt, nightgown" (see chemise).

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