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Definition chemise

Etymology

From Middle English chemise, from late Old English ?emes, cemes (“shirt”), and Anglo-Norman chemés (“shirt”) and Old French chainse, chamisae (“linen clothes, undergarment”); all from Late Latin camisa, camisia (“shirt, undergarment, nightgown”), from Frankish *chamithia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþij? (“clothes, shirt, skirt”) (whence also Old English hemeþe), from Proto-Indo-European *?am- (“cover, clothes”). Cognate with Old High German hemidi (“shirt”) (German Hemd), Old English hemeþe (“shirt”), ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.

Noun

chemise (plural chemises)

1. (historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
2. A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
3. A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
4. A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

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