raiment
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of raiment
1350–1400; Middle English rayment, aphetic variant of arrayment. See array, -ment
Explanation
Raiment is an old-fashioned word for clothing, particularly fancy clothing, like ladies who always wore their best raiment when calling on friends. Raiment is formal clothing. It comes from the Old French word areer or "to array," which describes dressing in decorative clothing, or adorning yourself in the very best. The word raiment has mostly gone out of use, much like the rare practice of getting very dressed up.
Vocabulary lists containing raiment
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Mythology
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"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Example Sentences
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Le gros choc de Garnet Hathaway sur Connor McDavid qui n’a pas vraiment plu à Evander Kane !
From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2022
Because language is broken, the verse is intentionally awkward, as though carelessly translated: “glyph doth include the real air? / yes, including vraiment the other air.”
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020
The authors rate equally high The Four Seasons, where vraiment the courtesy, the ambience, the efficiency as well as the food are "an amazement."
From Time Magazine Archive
Afterward, a Massachusetts colonial and his camp follower were married, vraiment, in an 18th century ceremony, and dancers, jousters and drummers roamed the fields.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Non, vraiment, me shockable blind dis day; mais, p’r’aps, git more cliver de morrow,” replied the good-humoured Canadian with a grin.
From The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains by Webb, Archibald
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