pelisse

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UK/pəˈliːs/

noun

A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.

OriginFrench pelisse ← Late Latin pellicia ← Latin pellis →
First used 18th c.Scrabble 9
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Meanings

nounpelisse (plural pelisses)

plural pelisses

  1. A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.First known use 18th c.
  2. historicalA long cloak formerly worn by women, with a shoulder cape or hood, often lined or trimmed with fur.First known use 18th c.

    The mother was crimson in countenance and pelisse, and her ample dimensions spoke years of peace and plenteousness.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 256-257
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    Mrs. Wix, after Miss Overmore's last demonstration, addressed herself wholly to the little girl […], drawing from the pocket of her dingy old pelisse a small flat parcel […]

    1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
  3. archaicAn overgarment worn by children when outside.First known use 19th c.

    Crawley is made to put on the brightest pea-green in her wardrobe, and my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 11, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinpellis“skin”
  2. Late Latinpellicia
  3. Frenchpelisse
  4. Englishpelisse

Borrowed from French pelisse, from Late Latin pellicia, from Latin pellis (“skin”). Doublet of pilch.

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Translations

Catalan pellissa
  • pellissafur-lined robe, esp. as part of a uniform
Polish mentyk
  • mentykfur-lined robe, esp. as part of a uniform
Russian ме́нтик
  • ме́нтик (méntik)fur-lined robe, esp. as part of a uniform
Scottish Gaelic peliosaidh
  • peliosaidhfur-lined robe, esp. as part of a uniform

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pelisse

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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