vestimentary
- adjective
- /ˌvɛstəˈmɛnˌtɛri/
- Specialized
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vestimentario
- In his lecture on fashion history, the professor discussed the vestimentary practices of ancient cultures.
Examples
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When, a little later, my mother forbade me to appear at the screen door in pajamas when John Hall from next door came around early in the morning, I discovered that the vestimentary code had not only social implications but others that I subsequently identified as sexual.
Fiction book (1991) -
Invoking the vestimentary code as constituting a sign of the female, critics scorned the crinoline as a physical encroachment that analogized the social situation.
Academic text (1997) -
The juxtaposition of these figural and literal uses of vestimentary terms reveals an ambivalence about language's representational capacities even as it seems to be affirming them.
Fiction book (1991) -
The museum exhibit highlighted the vestimentary traditions of various ethnic groups throughout history.
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Understanding the vestimentary norms of a society can provide insights into its cultural values and beliefs.
Synonyms
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Relating to clothes and the way people dress
Relating to clothes used in ceremonies, especially religious robes
Clothing like the special robes religious leaders wear in ceremonies
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word vestimentary comes from the Latin vestimentum meaning 'garment' and from vestire meaning 'to clothe'. Think of the common words vest or vestment — both are about clothes — so vestimentary means 'relating to clothing or dress'.