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View synonyms for chemise
chemise
[ shuh-meez ]
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.
chemise
/ ʃəˈmiːz /
noun
- an unwaisted loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders
- a loose shirtlike undergarment
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chemise1
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chemise1
C14: from Old French: shirt, from Late Latin camisa, perhaps of Celtic origin
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Example Sentences
I can still see it all in my memory: A pretty woman in a flame-colored chemise.
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The queen then appeared in the national costume, with the coloured pareo and chemise, as did also her husband.
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The kerchief about her shoulders over a light chemise rivals the rainbow.
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With swift, angry slashes, Wolf Paw's senior wife stripped away Nancy's dress and the chemise under it.
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The smaller female covers her belly sadly in a whitish chemise, her back is russet.
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She had thrown her mantilla back, to show her shoulders, and a great bunch of acacia that was thrust into her chemise.
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