Word of the Day • habiliment • huh-BIL-uh-munt • DEFINITION noun 1: characteristic apparatus : trappings 2a : the dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion — usually used in plural b : clothes — usually used in plural • EXAMPLES "My riches are these poor habiliments, / Of which if you should here disfurnish me, / You take the sum and substance that I have." "In 1837, a Times-Picayune reporter noted that the first documented Mardi Gras walking parade excited considerable speculation as to who they were, what were their motives, and what upon earth could induce them to turn out in such grotesque and outlandish habiliments. Some things never change."
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 03:51:55 +0000
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