cymar
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saɪˈmɑː(ɹ)/
Noun
cymar (plural cymars)
- A scarf.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Her body shaded with a light cymar
- A loose light dress for women.
Anagrams
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh kymar, from Proto-Brythonic *kumpar, from Latin compār (“fellow, equal; spouse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkəmar/
- Rhymes: -əmar
Noun
cymar m (plural cymheiriaid)
Derived terms
- cymhareb (ratio)
- cymhares (female peer; female partner)
- cymharu (to compare)
- cymharus (well-matched, compatible)
- cymheiriaid (peers (in the sense of ‘peer-review’ etc.))
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