First Known Use: 1850
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himation
noun hi·mat·i·on \hi-ˈma-tē-ˌän, -ən\
Definition of HIMATION
: a rectangular cloth draped over the left shoulder and about the body and worn as a garment in ancient Greece
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Origin of HIMATION
Greek, diminutive of heimat-, heima garment; akin to Greek hennynai to clothe — more at wear
Rhymes with HIMATION
abutilon, Agamemnon, anticodon, antiproton, archenteron, arrière-ban, asyndeton, automaton, Azerbaijan, Bellerophon, bildungsroman, carrying-on, diazinon, dodecagon, emoticon, encephalon, get a move on, interferon, kakiemon, keep an eye on, Laocoön, mesenteron, Michoacán, millimicron, oxymoron, phenomenon, protozoon, pteranodon, put the arm on, put the make on, rear echelon, Rostov-on-Don, Saskatchewan, septentrion, set one's heart on, set one's sights on, sine qua non, steal a march on, take it out on, Taklimakan, turn one's back on, Vientiane, wipe one's boots on, zero coupon, zooplankton
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