surplys

Middle English

Alternative forms

• surplees, surples, surplesse, surpleys, surplis, surplice, surpliz, surplous, surplus, surplyce, surplyse, syrples, syrpulys

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /surˈpliːs/, /ˈsurplis/

Noun

surplys (plural surplyses)

1. A surplice (clerical vestment, also referring to an ephod)
2. A tunic similar to a surplice.

Descendants

• English: surplice

References

• “surplī̆s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.