camis

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/ˈkæmiz//ˈkæmɪs/

noun

A light, loose dress or robe.

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Meanings

camis1

noun
  1. pluralplural of cami

camis2

nouncamis (plural camises)

plural camises · alternative camese · alternative camiso · alternative camus

  1. obsoleteA light, loose dress or robe.

    All in a camis light of purple silk.

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2

Origin

See chemise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MasciicasmSamic
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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