Meanings
- not comparableDressed with a shirt over the other garments.
[…] Rombert was leaning against a tree, his eye bent closely upon the wrinkled and inexpressive face of the camisated Dutartre.
1835, Henry Edward Van Winkle, Rombert: a tale of Carolina, volume 2, page 1262 more examples
[…] his dearly beloved wife, Innanui te po, who, tradition further adds, wore that invaluable article of apparel, "unmentionable to ears polite;" a deprivation that has descended to the present camisated sans culotte descendants.
1838, Joel Samuel Polack, New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures during a residence in that country between the years 1831 and 1837, volume 1, page 357The Dutch have a method of granting commissions by dressing these camisated nobles with a duck-shirt and trousers, and discharge three muskets as an inaugural confirmation.
1841, Colonial Magazine and Commercial-maritime Journal
Origin
- Latincamisia
- Englishcamisated
From Latin camisia.
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