surplice
Plural: surplices
Noun
- A loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment, typically worn by clergy.
- a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves
- A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.
Examples
- The rare word SURPLICE, though high-scoring, looked oddly out of place on the Scrabble board.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English surplys, from Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum, from Latin super (“over”) and pellis (“fur”).
Scrabble Score: 12
surplice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsurplice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
surplice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
surplice: valid Words With Friends Word