16 August 2016
habiliment
[huh-bil-uh-muh nt]
noun
1. Usually, habiliments.
clothes or clothing.
clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc.
2. habiliments, accouterments or trappings.
Origin of habiliment
late Middle English Middle French
1375-1425; late Middle English (h) abylement < Middle French habillement, equivalent to habill (er), abill (ier) to trim a log, hence, dress, prepare (< Vulgar Latin *adbiliare; see a-5, billet2) + -ment -ment
Related forms
habilimental [huh-bil-uh-men-tl] (Show IPA), habilimentary, adjective
habilimented, adjective
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Examples from the Web for habiliment
Historical Examples
And in habiliment, movement, air, with what telling force it impersonated sorrow!
The Prince of India, Volume II
Lew. Wallace
I might here—if it so pleased me—dilate upon the matter of habiliment, and other mere circumstances of the external metaphysician.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Others assign the habiliment to a Welshman, but give no authority for the assumption.
The Sailor’s Word-Book
William Henry Smyth
At an earlier period the armor of complete steel was the habiliment of the knight.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 1 (of 20)
Charles Sumner
I might hereif it so pleased medilate upon the matter of habiliment, and other mere circumstances of the external metaphysician.
Devil Stories
Various
So profuse was Gingham in his provision for the habiliment of his own elegant exterior.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No 409, November 1849
Various
An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity.
The Devil’s Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
Anagram
main blithe
inhabit elm
I blame thin
Today’s quote
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.
– Voltaire
On this day
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16 August 1962 – Ringo Starr becomes the new drummer for the Beatles, taking over from Peter Best who was sacked by the band. Ringo went on to fame and fortune, Best became a career public servant for 20 years, before forming the Peter Best Band.
16 August 1975 – Land is returned to Australia’s indigenous people for the first time by an Australian government. Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (Australian Labor Party) returned land to Vincent Lingiari and the Gurindji people, who are based southwest of Katherine, in the Northern Territory. The land was returned as freehold following years of campaigning that included a strike in 1966 at Wave Hill cattle station.
16 August 1977 – death of Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll. Born 8 January 1935.