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peplum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun peplum has 2 senses
- peplum(n = noun.artifact) Array - a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse; Array is a kind of flounce, frill, furbelow, ruffle
- peplum(n = noun.artifact) peplos, peplus - a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist; Array is a kind of garment
CIDE DICTIONARY
peplum, n. [L.].
A peplos. Hence: An overskirt hanging like an ancient peplos; also, a short fitted skirt attached to a waist or coat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
peplum, n.
1 a short flounce etc. at waist level, esp. of a blouse or jacket over a skirt.
2 Gk Antiq. a woman's outer garment.
1 a short flounce etc. at waist level, esp. of a blouse or jacket over a skirt.
2 Gk Antiq. a woman's outer garment.
Etymology
L f. Gk peplos
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