camisia

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camisia

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From Latin camisia.

noun camisias · camisiae

historical An ancient kind of shirt or nightgown. The father and son depicted here wear short linen camisias. The boy's camisia was probably his “dress-up” wear; the vertical stripe appears on matching stockings. The father's light-colored camisia is worn for work, doubling as an undergarment when he dresses up in an over-tunica.

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@misc{camisia_2026,
  title = {camisia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camisia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}