perizoma

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English

Greek athletes wearing perizoma loincloths

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perizoma. from Ancient Greek περίζωμα (perízōma).

Pronunciation

Noun

perizoma

  1. A loincloth worn by men and women in ancient Greece.
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      The traveller was in Erewhonian clothes to keep him inconspicuous, a conical felt hat with owl feather, yellow tabard, tasselled perizoma, belled sandals, and umbrella.

Further reading

Italian

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Diverse tipologie di perizoma

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perizoma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.ridˈd͡zɔ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɔma
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧zò‧ma

Noun

perizoma m (plural perizomi)

  1. G-string, thong
  2. loincloth

Further reading

  • perizoma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περίζωμα (perízōma).

Pronunciation

Noun

perizōma n (genitive perizōmatis); third declension

  1. girdle
  2. loincloth
  3. apron

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

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