camisole
/ˈkamɪsəʊl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.
Example Sentences
- "A visible bra strap, a bit of camisole peeking, a partially exposed thong: Innerwear slinks into a new role"
- "If, in viewing the question from its sentimental aspect, you deplore the insult offered to manly dignity by camisoling a fellow-creature, let me ask if this manly dignity is not already compromised by the fact of patients covering themselves with ordure, denuding and mutilating themselves and striking those about them?"
- "He believes it better to camisole a patient than to seclude him."
- "She had been camisoled, and fastened in bed, with “ties of muslin cloth about fifteen inches wide,” and left alone for the night, during which, her struggles “had so increased the pressure of the ties as to produce considerable swelling” and increased discoloration."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: camisole, camisola
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈkamɪsəʊl/