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† ˈpolymite, polimite, a. Obs.
[a. OF. poli-, polymite, ad. late L. poly-, polimitus of many colours (Vulg. Gen. xxxvii. 3, tr. Gr. ποικίλος in LXX), a. Gr. πολύµιτος composed of many threads.]
Woven of many different, or different-coloured, threads; many-coloured, as a garment.
c1410Lydg. Life Our Lady MS. Soc. Antiq. 134 lf. 13 (Halliw.) Of ȝonge Josephe the cote polimite [= Vulg. tunicam polymitam] Wrouȝte by the power of alle the Trinite. 1412–20― Chron. Troy iii. xxii. (1555), Though my wede be not pollymyte As of coloures forth I wyll endyte. [1876Rock Text. Fabr. i. 3 So as to work the cloths called polymita.] |