Definitions for chlamys

chlamys chla·mys

Spelling: [kley-mis, klam-is]
IPA: /ˈkleɪ mɪs, ˈklæm ɪs/

Chlamys is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in chlamys (achlmsy).

Definitions for chlamys

noun

  1. a short, fine woolen mantle worn by men in ancient Greece.

Origin of chlamys

1740-50; Latin Greek chlamýs

Examples for chlamys

He unfolded the chlamys, stretched it out with both hands before me, and then cast it over my shoulders.

The form of the habitable world is that of a "chlamys," or cloak.

These brooches were like modern safety pins, and were used to fasten the chlamys at the shoulder.

For instance, on the third story is a knight dressed in tunic and chlamys.

The chlamys was the light short mantle of the Greeks, here wanted for a pageant on the stage.

The shape of the site of the city is that of a chlamys or military cloak.

A boy emerging into manhood leaves his petasos and strigil and chlamys to Hermes, the god of games.

He, too, had a chlamys, such as she had formerly seen on another.

Is it a question of classical dress—what a tunic was like, or a chlamys, or a peplus?

The habitable earth will therefore be represented by this kind of chlamys.

Word Value for chlamys
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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