tunicn.
/ˈtjuːnɪk/, /ˈtʃuːnɪk/, U.S. /ˈt(j)unɪk/ 1. A garment resembling a shirt or gown, worn by both sexes among the Greeks and Romans; in Old English and medieval times, a body-garment or coat over which a loose mantle or cloak was worn.Now worn on ceremonial occasions by princes and nobles.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > other
overslopOE
golionc1290
jupec1290
herigaut1297
rocketc1300
tabardc1300
rocheta1325
suckeny?a1366
hanselinc1386
slopc1386
stolea1387
houpland1392
frockc1400
gipec1400
under-frock1547
vochette1548
shirt1553
rubashka1587
camis1590
gorbelly1598
kebaya1598
tunic1609
sotana1622
supertunic1626
simar1636
manteau1638
peplum1656
peple1658
semar1673
mantua1678
manty1678
mant1694
vest1700
banian1725
galabiya1725
peplos1738
paletota1796
pellard1799
blouse1828
chiton1850
diploidion1850
shirtwaist1859
camorra1869
diplois1887
smock1907
kurta1913
Punjabi1937
kameez1955
kente cloth1957
camouflage smock1964
kanzu1969
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. x. §3 Eft hie him sendon ane tunecan ongean.
c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xxiv. 18 Seþe on londæ sy ne cerraþ he eft to nimene his tunican [c1000 Ags. Gosp. tunecan, c1160 Hatton tuneken; L. tunicam].
1603 Brief out of Liber Regalis in J. W. Legg Coronation Order James I (1902) 8 There is then allso to bee delyuered to his maiestie the Tunica or Shirte of redd silke.]
1609 Bible (Douay) I. Lev. viii. 7 comm. A Tunike, or long robe downe to the foote.
a1678 A. Marvell Royal Resol. in Wks. (1872) I. 434 I'll have a fine tunick, a sash, and a vest.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 467 To Lond. to our Office, & now had I on the Vest, & Surcoate, or Tunic as 'twas cald, after his Majestie had brought the whole Court to it.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 647 The Goddess with a radiant tunick drest My limbs.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 14 He [sc. a Franciscan] gave a slight glance with his eye downwards upon the sleeve of his tunick.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. i. 4 His garb..consisted of the long, loose gown and the plain tunic, both of dark-grey serge.
2. Christian Church. = tunicle n. 2. Only Historical.
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > tunicle
subdeacon1423
tuniclec1425
tunic1696
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Tunic,..a Church Ornament among the Romanists, worn by the Deacons that serve the Priest or Bishop at the Altar.
1764 in J. H. Harting Hist. Sardinian Chapel (1905) 23 Two tunics, with a stole, two maniples of taffeta.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. ix. 76 The usual episcopal vestments, the amice..tunic, and dalmatic.
1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 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.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > close-fitting
juste-au-corps1656
tunic1667
chesticore1671
Newmarket coat1751
rifle shirt1775
rifle frock1776
jeistiecor1817
rifle coatc1827
Newmarket1843
1667 S. Pepys Diary 20 Oct. (1974) VIII. 489 Put on my new Tunique of velvett, which is very plain, but good.
1668 S. Pepys Diary 17 May (1976) IX. 201 Put on my new stuff-suit,..the bands of my vest and tunic laced with silk lace of the colour of my suit.
1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders 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 French form tunique /tynik/.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > tunic
tunic1800
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xviii. 72 The child looks extremely well..in his vests and tunicks.
1800 Hull Advertiser 4 Oct. 3/3 Paris fashions..tuniques of black crape are coming into wear.
1803 Times 15 Jan. The short tunics of last year, which were called Mamelukes, are in great esteem this year under the name of Jewess Tunics.
?1838 First 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.
1883 Truth 31 May 768/2 Tabs..appear on tunics, polonaises, bodices, and sleeves.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 19 Jan. 3/2 It has consented to sport something tapering away over the back, which it has called its tunique.
1909 Daily Graphic 20 Oct. 13/1 A noticeable feature in these dresses is the tight-fitting tunic which runs to the knees.
4. transferred.
a. Anatomy. A membranous sheath enveloping or lining an organ of the body; a ‘coat’.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [noun]
rimeOE
hameOE
skina1398
caul1398
shrine1398
tunicle1398
panniclea1400
pelliculea1400
slougha1400
membrane?a1425
pellicle?a1425
pellet?1440
enfolder1545
kell1545
involucre1578
skinlet1598
striffena1612
swathe1615
veil1639
tunic1661
swath-band1668
involucruma1676
wall1682
panniculus1702
theca1807
1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Tunick..a skin or coat that covers the eye, whereof there are four sorts.
1678 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 976 The inner Tunick of the Nose.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Appetite When the Stomach proves empty, the acid Liquor begins to work upon its internal Tunick.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xxxvii. 7 Besides these is an exterior and an interior tunic.
1880 M. 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 Botany any loose membranous skin not formed from the epidermis; also, each layer or coating of a tunicate bulb.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > covering or skin
pillc1300
huskc1400
shell1561
tunicle1601
parchment1682
tunic1760
seed coat1776
aril1785
testa1796
perula1825
spermoderm1841
endopleura1842
test1846
arillode1854
tegmen1857
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > onion > skin, seed, shoots, or bulbs
onion seed1356
scallion1393
cartilage1563
onion skin1616
fold1675
tunic1832
onion set1859
grass1885
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. vii. 14 A Seed..is a Rudiment of a new Vegetable..covered with a bladdery Coat or Tunic.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. 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.
1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 295 The tunics of the onion.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations.
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1828 Souvenir II. 79/2 A Tunique pelisse robe of white jaconet muslin.
1832 G. Clarke Pompeii (ed. 2) II. xiii. 317 Tunic-pallium displayed.
1835 Court Mag. 6 p. i/1 The shirt is trimmed in the tunic style.
1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India II. ix. 174 Thus, with an able-bodied aborigen holding on by my tunic-tails behind, I parachuted down.
1900 Daily News 12 Dec. 7/3 The skirt is in the tunic form now fashionable.
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tunic shirt n. a long loose-fitting shirt worn outside the trousers; cf. caftan n., caftan n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > types of > other
bloody shirta1586
ruffle shirt1749
ruffled shirt1754
dicky1781
overshirt1805
camise1812
mill tog1821
boiled shirt1853
Crimean shirt1853
Crimea shirt1857
shirtwaist1859
shirt1867
polo shirt1887
zephyr1887
Ghost Shirt1890
Henley1890
negligée shirt1895
turtle-neck1897
rugby shirt1902
bush shirt1909
tunic shirt1918
safari shirt1921
button-down1924
thousand-miler1929
aloha shirt1936
buba1937
zoot shirt1942
Hawaiian shirt1955
sweater-shirt1964
beach shirt1966
kimono shirt1968
dashiki1969
1918 G. Frankau One of Them xxx. 234 Smart bosom itch in horsehair tunic-shirts.
1930 Daily 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.
Derivatives
ˈtunic-hood n. the condition of one who wears a tunic.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood
childhoodOE
childheadc1330
bairnheid1393
enfauncec1400
puerice1481
puerility1512
childage1548
childishness1597
leading-string1677
impuberty1785
cap and feather days1822
bairnhooda1835
child-life1841
pupillarity1846
tunic-hood1859
bread-and-butterhood1869
preadolescence1907
latency1910
puerilism1925
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 155 Still in a state of tunic-hood, I remember a very tall, handsome gentleman, with a crimson velvet under-waistcoat.
tunicked adj. /ˈtjuːnɪkt/ wearing a tunic: usually as second element in a compound.
/ˈtjuːnɪkt/ wearing a tunic: usually as second element in a compound.ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > other
frocked?c1550
palleda1729
tunicked1756
plaided1763
caftaned1863
peplosed1875
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a coat > types of
blue-coateda1594
russet-coated1596
grey-coated1597
parti-coated1598
black-coated1600
red-coated1641
greatcoated1748
short-coated1813
frock-coated1850
tail-coated1850
buff-coated1856
overcoated1856
tunicked1876
raincoated1901
trench-coated1923
Crombie-coated1951
slickered1972
1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Epistles i. vii, in tr. Horace Wks. (1826) II. 211 Vulteius..selling brokery-goods to the tuniced populace.
1876 A. J. Evans Through Bosnia ii. 77 Croat men, white tunicked and white breeked.
1893 R. K. Douglas Chinese Stories 218 A larger band of red-tunicked men.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 2/1 The King wears a long tunic-like garment..and a cloak.
ˈtunicless adj. without a tunic.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a coat > types of > not
greatcoatless1823
overcoatless1872
tunicless1904
1904 Daily News 30 Sept. 7 He pulled me, tunicless, out, giving me my sword and revolver.
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