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tunic|ˈtjuːnɪk|
Forms: 1 tunece, (tonica), 1–2 tunice, 2 tuneke; 6 tunake, 7 -ike, 7–8 tunick, tunique (also 9 as Fr.), 7– tunic.
[ad. F. tunique or its source L. tunica (whence also Pr., Sp., Pg. tunica, It. tonica, tonaca, tunica, OE. tunece, OHG. tûnihha).]
1. A garment resembling a shirt or gown, worn by both sexes among the Greeks and Romans; in OE. and mediæval times, a body-garment or coat over which a loose mantle or cloak was worn.
Now worn on ceremonial occasions by princes and nobles.
[c893K. ælfred Oros. v. x. §3 Eft hie him sendon ane tunecan ongean. c975Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xxiv. 18 Seþe on londæ sy ne cerraþ he eft to nimene his tunican [c 1000 Ags. Gosp. tunecan, c 1160Hatton tuneken; Vulg. tunicam]. 1603Cerem. Coronat. Jas I (1685) 3 There is then also to be delivered to his Majesty the Tunica, or Shirt of red Silk. ]1609Bible (Douay) Lev. viii. 7 (Comm.) A Tunike, or long robe downe to the foote. 1666Evelyn Diary 30 Oct., To London to our office, and now had I on the vest and surcoat and tunic as 'twas call'd, after his Maty had brought the whole Court to it. a1678Marvell Royal Resolutions Wks. (Grosart) I. 434 I'll have a fine tunick, a sash, and a vest. 1725Pope Odyss. x. 647 The goddess with a radiant tunick drest My limbs. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ., The Monk, Calais, He [a Franciscan] gave a slight glance with his eye downwards upon the sleeve of his tunick. 1835Lytton Rienzi i, His garb..consisted of the long loose gown and the plain tunic, both of dark-grey serge.
2. Eccl. = tunicle 2. Only Hist.
1696Phillips (ed. 5), Tunic,..a Church Ornament among the Romanists, worn by the Deacons that serve the Priest or Bishop at the Altar. 1764in J. H. Harting Hist. Sardinian Chapel (1905) 23 Two tunics, with a stole, two maniples of taffeta. 1844[see Dalmatic B.]. 1877J. D. Chambers Div. Worship 54 The Subdeacon was invested with the Tunic by the Bishop at his ordination.
3. In modern costume.
a. A close, usually plain body-coat; now spec. that forming part of the uniform of soldiers and policemen.
1667Pepys Diary 20 Oct., Put on my new tunique of velvett; which is very plain, but good. 1668Ibid. 17 May, Put on my new stuff-suit,..the bands of my vest and tunique laced with silk lace, of the colour of my suit. 1868Regul. & Ord. Army §607 Medals are only to be worn with the tunic.
b. A garment worn by women, consisting of a bodice and an upper skirt, belted or drawn in at (or fitted to) the waist, worn over and displaying a longer skirt. (In very recent use, applied to the upper skirt alone.) Also, a kind of belted frock or smock worn by children.
Now often in Fr. form tunique |tynik|.
1762Sterne Tr. Shandy VI. xviii, The child looks extremely well..in his vests and tunicks. 1800Hull Advertiser 4 Oct. 3/3 Paris fashions..tuniques of black crape are coming into wear. 1803Times 15 Jan., The short tunics of last year, which were called Mamelukes, are in great esteem this year under the name of Jewess Tunics. 1838First Year of Silken Reign 230 (Cent. D.) Her Majesty wore a white satin petticoat, over which was a silver llama tunic, trimmed with silver and white blonde lace. 1883Truth 31 May 768/2 Tabs..appear on tunics, polonaises, bodices, and sleeves. 1899Westm. Gaz. 19 Jan. 3/2 It has consented to sport something tapering away over the back, which it has called its tunique. 1909Daily Graphic 20 Oct. 13/1 A noticeable feature in these dresses is the tight-fitting tunic which runs to the knees.
4. transf.
a. Anat. A membranous sheath enveloping or lining an organ of the body; a ‘coat’.
1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Tunick..a skin or coat that covers the eye, whereof there are four sorts. 1678Phil. Trans. XII. 976 The inner Tunick of the Nose. 1725Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. Appetite, When the Stomach proves empty, the acid Liquor begins to work upon its internal Tunick. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xxxvii. 7 Besides these is an exterior and an interior tunic. 1880M. C. Drysdale in Med. Temp. Jrnl. Oct. 9 The tunics of the capillaries.
b. The integument of a part or organ in a plant; spec. in Bot. any loose membranous skin not formed from the epidermis; also, each layer or coating of a tunicate bulb.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. vi. (1765) 14 A Seed..is a Rudiment of a new Vegetable..covered with a bladdery Coat or Tunic. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 155 The long loose tunic of the seed is intended to act at first as a buoy, to float the seed upon the surface of the water. 1832Veg. Subst. Food 295 The tunics of the onion.
5. attrib. and Comb. Also tunic shirt, a long loose-fitting shirt worn outside the trousers; cf. caftan, caftan.
1828Souvenir II. 79/2 A Tunique pelisse robe of white jaconet muslin. 1832G. Clarke Pompeii II. xiii. 317 Tunic-pallium displayed. 1835Court Mag. VI. p. i/1 The shirt is trimmed in the tunic style. 1860Russell Diary India II. ix. 174 Thus, with an able-bodied aborigen holding on by my tunic-tails behind, I parachuted down. 1900Daily News 12 Dec. 7/3 The skirt is in the tunic form now fashionable. 1918G. Frankau One of Them xxx. 234 Smart bosom itch in horsehair tunic-shirts. 1930Daily Express 6 Oct. 5/1 (Advt.), Men's tunic shirts made of the balloon fabric. 1971‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird viii. 104 Mr Tiko, in a blue tunic shirt and blue trousers.
Hence ˈtunic-hood (nonce-wd.), the condition of one who wears a tunic; tunicked |ˈtjuːnɪkt| a., wearing a tunic: usually as second element in a compound; ˈtunicless a., without a tunic.
1756C. Smart tr. Horace, Epist. i. vii. (1826) II. 211 Vulteius..selling brokery-goods to the tuniced populace. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 155 Still in a state of tunic-hood, I remember a very tall, handsome gentleman, with a crimson velvet under-waistcoat. 1876A. J. Evans Through Bosnia ii. 77 Croat men, white tunicked and white breeked. 1893R. K. Douglas Chinese Stories 218 A larger band of red-tunicked men. 1899Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 2/1 The King wears a long tunic-like garment..and a cloak. 1904Daily News 30 Sept. 7 He pulled me, tunicless, out, giving me my sword and revolver. |