peplos

or pep·lus

[ pep-luhs ]

noun,plural pep·los·es.
  1. a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.

Origin of peplos

1
First recorded in 1770–80, peplos is from the Greek word péplos (masculine)

Other words from peplos

  • pep·losed [pep-luhst], /ˈpɛp ləst/, adjective

Words Nearby peplos

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How to use peplos in a sentence

  • His name and that of his father, Antigonus, were woven into the sacred peplos.

  • The new peplos was carried to the temple, floating like a flag, in procession through the city.

    Needlework As Art | Marian Alford
  • On another Panathenaic vase she has a gown bordered with fighting men, evidently the sacred peplos.

    Needlework As Art | Marian Alford
  • Charmion bowed her head, and, turning, wrapped her dark-hued peplos round her.

    Cleopatra | H. Rider Haggard
  • Her flowered muslin peplos hung limply pleated around her shapely body in a succession of thin folds, which blew open and shut.

    The Tour | Louis Couperus

British Dictionary definitions for peplos

peplos

peplus

/ (ˈpɛpləs) /


nounplural -loses or -luses
  1. (in ancient Greece) the top part of a woman's attire, caught at the shoulders and hanging in folds to the waist: Also called: peplum

Origin of peplos

1
C18: from Greek, of obscure origin

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