chemise
Plural: chemises
Noun
- A loose-fitting dress or undergarment, often sleeveless.
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
- A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
- A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
- A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.
Examples
- Playing CHEMISE earned him a respectable score, but didn’t open up many hooks.
Origin / Etymology
From French chemise, from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisa, camisia ("shirt, undergarment, nightgown"; whence Old English cemes (“shirt”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”) (whence Old English hemeþe, Old High German hemidi, modern German Hemd (“shirt”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).
Cognate also with Saterland Frisian Hoamd (“shirt”), Dutch hemd (“shirt”), Old English ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.
Scrabble Score: 14
chemise: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordchemise: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chemise: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
chemise: valid Words With Friends Word