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tog

[ tog ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a coat.
Usually togs. clothes.

verb (used with object)

, togged, tog·ging.

to dress (often followed by out or up ).

tog

/ tɒɡ /

noun

1. a unit of thermal resistance used to measure the power of insulation of a fabric, garment, quilt, etc. The tog-value of an article is equal to ten times the temperature difference between its two faces, in degrees Celsius, when the flow of heat across it is equal to one watt per m²
2. ( as modifier )
  tog-rating

tog

/ tɒɡ /

verb

often foll byup or out to dress oneself, esp in smart clothes

noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tog¹

1775–85; apparently short for earlier cant togeman ( s ), togman cloak, coat, equivalent to toge ( late Middle English < Latin toga toga ) + -man ( s ) obsolete cant suffix < ?

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tog¹

C20: arbitrary coinage from tog ¹(noun)

Origin of tog²

C18: probably short for obsolete cant togemans coat, from Latin toga toga + -mans, of uncertain origin

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Example Sentences

His "cedant arma togæ" was a scream, an impotent scream, against all that Sulla had done or Cæsar was about to do.

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Reversing the old order, "Cedant arma togæ," they drove out the togæ and brought in the arms.

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