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rai⋅ment
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mənt
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–noun
clothing; apparel; attire.
Origin:
1350–1400;
ME
rayment,
aph. var. of
arrayment.
See
array
,
-ment
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rai·ment
(rā'mənt)
n. Clothing; garments.
[Middle English, short for
araiment
, from Old French
areement
,
array
, from
areer, arrayer
,
to array
; see
array
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
raiment
c.1440, shortening of
arayment
"clothing," from Anglo-Fr.
araiement,
from O.Fr.
areement,
from
areer
"to array" (see
array
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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