habiliment

[ huh-bil-uh-muhnt ]

noun

1. Usually habiliments.
   1. clothes or clothing.
   2. clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc.
2. habiliments, accouterments or trappings.

habiliment

/ həˈbɪlɪmənt /

noun

1. often plural dress or attire

Other Words From

• ha·bil·i·men·tal [h, uh, -bil-, uh, -, men, -tl], ha·bili·menta·ry adjective
• ha·bili·mented adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of habiliment¹

1375–1425; late Middle English ( h ) abylement < Middle French habillement, equivalent to habill ( er ), abill ( ier ) to trim a log, hence, dress, prepare (< Vulgar Latin *adbiliare; a- ⁵, billet ² ) + -ment -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of habiliment¹

C15: from Old French habillement, from habiller to dress, from bille log; see billet ²

Example Sentences

She even wished to refuse him:—but Beech Park, the equipage, the servants, the bridal habiliment.

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I might here—if it so pleased me—dilate upon the matter of habiliment, and other mere circumstances of the external metaphysician.

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Do you imagine,” cried his uncle, laying his hand gently on the reverend habiliment, “that this grows?

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They wear a veil, or mantle rather, of black stuff or silk, which head habiliment had been introduced by the Spaniards.

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This most silly and unmeaning habiliment possesses neither dignity nor beauty to entitle it to public favour.

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