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chemise
[ shuh-meez ]
/ ʃəˈmiz /
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noun
a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarment.
(in women's fashions) a dress designed to hang straight from the shoulders and fit loosely at the waist, sometimes more tightly at the hip.
a revetment for an earth embankment.
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Origin of chemise
before 1050; Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French: shirt <Late Latin camīsa linen undergarment, shirt; replacing Middle English kemes,Old English cemes<Late Latin camīsa
Words nearby chemise
chemico-, chemigraphy, chemiluminescence, chemin de fer, chemiosmosis, chemise, chemisette, chemism, chemisorb, chemisorption, chemist
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British Dictionary definitions for chemise
chemise
/ (ʃəˈmiːz) /
noun
an unwaisted loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders
a loose shirtlike undergarment
Also called: shift
Word Origin for chemise
C14: from Old French: shirt, from Late Latin camisa, perhaps of Celtic origin
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