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noun
1.
a crown.
2.
a cloth headband, sometimes adorned with jewels, formerly worn by Oriental kings.
3.
royal dignity or authority.
verb (used with object)
4.
to adorn with or as if with a diadem; crown.
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Diademed
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English diademe (< Anglo-French ) < Latin diadēma < Greek diádēma fillet, band, equivalent to diadē- (verbid stem of diadeîn to bind round + -ma noun suffix
1250–1300; Middle English diademe (< Anglo-French ) < Latin diadēma < Greek diádēma fillet, band, equivalent to diadē- (verbid stem of diadeîn to bind round + -ma noun suffix
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diadem
late 13c., from L. diadema "cloth band worn around the head as a sign of royalty," from Gk. diadema, from diadein "to bind across," from dia- "across" + dein "to bind," related to desmos "band." Used of the headband worn by Persian kings and adopted by Alexander the Great and his successors.
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