tunic
(noun) any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees
tunic, tunica, adventitia
(noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tunic (plural tunics)
A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
(anatomy, botany) Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.
• cut in, cut-in, cutin, incut
Source: Wiktionary
Tu"nic, n. Etym: [L. tunica: cf. F.tunique.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.
2. Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.
3. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: Same as Tunicle.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.
5. (Bot.)
Definition: A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.
6. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Mantle, n., 3 (a).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
