vestiary

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈvɛstɪəɹi/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French vestiarie, from Latin vestiarium, from vestis ‘clothing’.

[edit] Noun

vestiary (plural vestiaries)

1. A dressing room or storeroom for clothes.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin vestiarius, from vestis as Etymology 1, above.

[edit] Adjective

vestiary (comparative more vestiary, superlative most vestiary)

1. Pertaining to clothes or clothing.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 39:

     The Professor was left to stare into the depths of his ancient hat, as if it were a vestiary expression of his present situation.