raiment

English

Etymology

Aphetized from Anglo-Norman arraiement, from Old French areement, from areer (“to array”). See array.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪmənt/

Noun

raiment (countable and uncountable, plural raiments)

(archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.
- William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXII, 5,6.
  For all that beauty that doth cover thee
  
  Is but the seemly raiment of my heart
- 1866, Swinburne, Algernon, Aholibah, lines 11-12:
  Strange raiment clad thee like a bride,
  With silk to wear on hands and feet
- 2006 December 24, Myers, PZ, “The Courtier's Reply”, in Pharyngula‎, retrieved 2011-10-30:
  We have entire schools dedicated to writing learned treatises on the beauty of the Emperor's raiment, and every major newspaper runs a section dedicated to imperial fashion...

Translations

(archaic) clothing

Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} voð f

Russian: ^{(please verify)} одея́ние n (odejánije), ^{(please verify)} оде́жда f (odéžda), ^{(please verify)} наря́д m (narjád)

Anagrams

Inter-Am., Tremain, antimer, antmire, artemin, meranti, minaret, trimean

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