Peplum

  

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Peplum

Definitions: Peplum

Peplum

Noun

1. A flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse.

2. A garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Peplum \Pep"lum\, noun; plural English -lumus, from Latin expression -la. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Peplum

Synonyms: peplos (n), peplus (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Peplum

Non-English Usage: "Peplum" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (robe of state).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Peplum

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  peplum

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Peplum

Language Translations for "peplum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

péplum (peplos, peplus). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κοντή φούστα, πέπλοσ (veil). (various references)

   

Italian

  

peplo (peplos). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eplumpay

   

Spanish

  

peplo. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

пеплум (peplos). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Peplum

Derivations

Words beginning with "peplum": peplumed, peplums. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Peplum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Papcun, Peepul, pelume, pepla, peple, peplic, Peplis, Peplow, popalub, Populum, replug. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Peplum"

Words rhyming with "peplum" (pronounced 'Pep"lum'): Asylum, Cerebellum, Coelum, Collum, Corallum, Cribellum, Epiphyllum, Flabellum, flagellum, Glabellum, Haustellum, hilum, hoodlum, Intervallum, Involucellum, Labellum, Mesophyllum, Podophyllum, Postscutellum, Rostellum, Sacellum, Scutellum, Sigillum, Skellum, Specollum, spirillum, Vallum, Vellum, Veretillum, Vexillum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Peplum

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-l-m-p-p-u"

-1 letter: plume, plump.

-2 letters: lump, mule, plum, pule, pulp, pump.

-3 letters: elm, emu, leu, lum, mel, pep, pul, pup, ump.

-4 letters: el, em, me, mu, pe, um, up.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-m-p-p-u"
 

+1 letter: peplums, plumped, plumpen, plumper.

 

+2 letters: empurple, peplumed, plumiped, plumpens, plumpers, plumpest, pumpless, pumplike.

 

+3 letters: empurpled, empurples, plumipeds, plumpened, plumpness.

 

+4 letters: empurpling, plumpening, propylaeum, supplement.

 

+5 letters: plumpnesses, semipopular, supplements.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Peplum


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 65 70 6C 75 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01110000 01101100 01110101 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#101 &#112 &#108 &#117 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 0070 006C 0075 006D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

507182788779

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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