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kimono

[ kuh-moh-nuh, -noh ]

noun

, plural ki·mo·nos.
  1. a loose, wide-sleeved robe, fastened at the waist with a wide sash, characteristic of Japanese costume.
  2. a woman's loose dressing gown.


kimono

/ kɪˈməʊnəʊ /

noun

  1. a loose sashed ankle-length garment with wide sleeves, worn in Japan
  2. any garment copied from this


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Derived Forms

  • kiˈmonoed, adjective

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Other Words From

  • ki·monoed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kimono1

1885–90; < Japanese: clothing, garb, equivalent to ki wear + mono thing

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kimono1

C19: from Japanese: clothing, from kiru to wear + mono thing

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Example Sentences

The collection includes kimono capes and hand woven jump overalls.

The next time I was in town, I called upon Chiso and was greeted by Emmy Kanasaki, a young woman dressed in a kimono.

A more elegant pencil dress/trench looked a little like a kimono that was tied with a feminine sash.

That gave way to an almost kimono-style coat over a dress rendered in a Hawaiian print, also with tassels.

The 2010 film The Social Network—to borrow a phrase popular with tech types—“opened the kimono” a bit on the industry.

He then drew from his kimono sleeve a pink-bordered foreign pocket-handkerchief, and began to mop his damp forehead.

If he could but find the tattered blue kimono worn during that upward journey from Kiu Shiu!

He held her at arm's length and the kimono slipped down over one shoulder.

My waif was curled up in my kimono, feeding my fan-tailed goldfish.

Ethel was in her aunt's room, comfortably wrapped in a pink kimono, when she asked this question.

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