camisia
- noun
- Archaic
:
camisia
- She wore a camisia beneath her dress.
Examples
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In the painting, the woman is depicted wearing a white camisia beneath her elaborate gown.
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Before dressing for the ball, she slipped on her camisia as the first layer.
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The museum displayed a 16th-century camisia made of fine linen and delicate lace.
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The camisia was made of soft linen.
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During the medieval period, many women wore a camisia made of soft linen under their dresses.
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The historical exhibit featured a beautifully embroidered camisia that represented the fashion of the time.
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He discovered an old camisia in the attic, which had belonged to his ancestor from the 14th century.
Synonyms
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5.4
A woman's short sleeveless top with thin straps worn under clothes or alone
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4.2
A thin sleeveless top with narrow straps that women wear under clothes
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1.4
Clothes you wear next to your skin under other clothes
A loose shirt worn under armor or other clothes in the Middle Ages
A lightweight sleeveless top worn under clothes or alone
How Covering
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word camisia comes from an old Latin word that meant 'shirt', and it is the source of modern words like English camisole and Spanish camisa. So a camisia was a light undershirt worn next to the skin, which explains why the word today means a simple shirt or undergarment.