tegument

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tegument

/ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/

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Also in late Middle English, borrowed from Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), from tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) + -mentum (suffix forming nouns). Compare integument.

noun teguments

uncommon Something which covers; a covering or coating. 1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
obsolete A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

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noun something which covers

Français	couverture, revêtement
Deutsch	Bedeckung

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@misc{tegument_2026,
  title = {tegument},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tegument},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}