TUNIC Definition & Meaning

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tunic

[ too-nik, tyoo- ]

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noun

Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
a gownlike outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes belted, worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
a woman's upper garment, either loose or close-fitting and extending over the skirt to the hips or below.
a garment with a short skirt, worn by women for sports.
Ecclesiastical. a tunicle.
Anatomy, Zoology. any covering or investing membrane or part, as of an organ.
Botany. an integument, as that covering a seed.

tunic

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noun

any of various hip-length or knee-length garments, such as the loose sleeveless garb worn in ancient Greece or Rome, the jacket of some soldiers, or a woman's hip-length garment, worn with a skirt or trousers
anatomy botany zoology a covering, lining, or enveloping membrane of an organ or part See also tunica
RC Church another word for tunicle

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tunic¹

before 900; (< French tunique ) < Latin tunica; perhaps also continuing Old English tunece, tunica < Latin

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tunic¹

Old English tunice (unattested except in the accusative case), from Latin tunica

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Sitting in court, 59-year-old Mohammed, his beard dyed bright orange and wearing a headdress, tunic and trousers, bore little resemblance to a photo circulated shortly after his capture in 2003.

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Basking in the late afternoon sun, the 37-year-old took to the stage wearing a bright white kanzu robe - a traditional tunic from Uganda, where his parents are from.

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And as I leaned over, when I was talking to Jeff, I was unbuttoning his tunic, and then realized only the top three unbuttoned and it was actually done with a zip on the back.

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Wearing traditional white robes, a patterned tunic and a black face mask, Farzad Mansouri proudly carried the Afghanistan flag into Tokyo's Olympic Stadium.

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It, too, is a trove of exemplary works, from exquisite Raphael drawings to groovy 1970s plastic radios; Coptic tunics to Alexander McQueen couture gowns; vividly hued Islamic tiles to a bunch of grand English beds.

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