camis

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈkæmiz/

Noun[edit]

camis

plural of cami

Etymology 2[edit]

See chemise.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈkæmɪs/

Noun[edit]

camis (plural camises)

(obsolete) A light, loose dress or robe.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2:
  All in a camis light of purple silk.

Alternative forms[edit]

camese, camiso, camus

Anagrams[edit]

Masci, Samic, aMCIs, iMacs, icasm, micas, scima

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

cāmīs

dative/ablative plural of cāmus

Noun[edit]

camīs

dative/ablative plural of cama

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