Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: simar
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.

Archaic

noun

A type of ecclesiastical vestment, similar to a cassock.

noun

A light covering; a cloak or mantle.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[T]heir beautiful tresses were braided and incensed; and they were wrapped in symars whiter than alabaster."
"[T]he profusion of her sable tresses, which, each arranged in its own spiral of twisted curls, fell down upon as much of a snow-white neck and bosom as a simarre of the richest Persian silk, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French simarre (“type of robe”), from Italian cimarra, zimarra. Doublet of chimer.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: simarre, cimarra

Usage

Inflected Forms

simars (plural) simarre (alternative) symar (alternative)

Questions

What does simar mean?: A woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.
Where does simar come from?: It is traced to French.

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