gown
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English gowne, from Anglo-Norman gune, goune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”), from Ancient Greek γούνα (goúna, “coarse garment”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Balkan or Apennine language.[1] Alternatively, perhaps from Scythian, from Proto-Iranian *gawnám (“fur”) (compare Younger Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (gaona, “body hair”) and Ossetian гъун (ǧun)).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgown (plural gowns)
- A loose, flowing upper garment.
- A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
- The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
- 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
- VVhat is he an honeſt man? the deuill he is, he is the Parſon of the Towne,
You thinke ther’s no knauerie hid vnder a black gowne, […]
- The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
- (by metonymy) The university community, especially as contrasted with the local populace.
- In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.
- A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
- Any sort of dress or garb.
- The robe worn by a surgeon.
Derived terms
edit- ballgown
- bedgown
- begown
- begowned
- Bluegown
- bouffant gown
- cap and gown
- commoner's gown
- disgown
- dressing-gown
- dressing gown
- evening gown
- Geneva gown
- gownless
- gownlike
- gownmaker
- gownsman
- green gown
- hospital gown
- mandarin gown
- Maria Clara gown
- morning gown
- nightgown
- old gown
- powdering gown
- scholar's gown
- sea gown
- shortgown
- stuff gown
- suicide gown
- surgical gown
- tea-gown
- tea gown
- town and gown
- town-and-gown
- undergown
- ungown
- ungowned
- wedding gown
- wrapping gown
Descendants
editTranslations
editloose, flowing upper garment
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woman's dress
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official robe
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dressing gown — see dressing gown
Verb
editgown (third-person singular simple present gowns, present participle gowning, simple past and past participle gowned)
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gown”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editNoun
editgown
- Alternative form of gowne
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