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- [rey-muh nt]
- /ˈreɪ mənt/
- /ˈreɪ.mənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rey-muh nt]
- /ˈreɪ mənt/
Definitions of raiment word
- noun raiment clothing; apparel; attire. 1
- noun raiment clothing, garment 1
- uncountable noun raiment Raiment is clothing. 0
- noun raiment attire; clothing; garments 0
- noun raiment clothing; wearing apparel; attire 0
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Origin of raiment
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English rayment, aphetic variant of arrayment. See array, -ment
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Parts of speech for Raiment
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
raiment popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for raiment
noun raiment
- accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
- accoutrements — all the things you have with you when you travel or take part in a particular activity, such as clothing and equipment
- apparel — Apparel means clothes, especially formal clothes worn on an important occasion.
- attirement — dress; attire.
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
verb raiment
- apparelled — clothing, especially outerwear; garments; attire; raiment.
- bedizen — to dress or decorate gaudily or tastelessly
- breech — The breech of a gun is the part of the barrel at the back into which you load the bullets.
- breeched — the lower, rear part of the trunk of the body; buttocks.
- breeches — Breeches are trousers which reach as far as your knees.
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