PEPLUS

peplos, peplus, peplum

(noun) a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

peplus (plural pepluses or pepli)

(obsolete) An upper garment worn by women in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

(dated) A kind of kerchief formerly worn by women in England.

Anagrams

• Supple, supple

Source: Wiktionary


Pep"lus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.

2. A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. [Obs.] Fairholt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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