samite

English

Etymology

From Old French samit, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin samitum, examitum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Byzantine Greek ἑξάμιτον (hexámiton), from ἕξ (héx, “six”) + μίτος (mítos, “thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæmaɪt/

Noun

samite (countable and uncountable, plural samites)

1. A material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.
   • 1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

     And in the center of that lake there hath for some time been seen the appearance as of a women's arm--exceedingly beautiful and clad in white samite, and the hand of this arm holdeth a sword of such exceeding excellence and beauty that no eye hath ever beheld like.

Anagrams

• Maties, aimest, maiest, maties, misate, miseat, semita, tamise