Definitions for himation

himation hi·mat·i·on

Spelling: [hi-mat-ee-on]
IPA: /hɪˈmæt iˌɒn/

Himation is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 214 anagrams from letters in himation (ahiimnot).

Definitions for himation

noun

  1. a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.

Origin of himation

1840-50; Greek hīmation, equivalent to hīmat-, variant of heimat- (stem of heîma) dress, garment (akin to vest, wear) + -ion diminutive suffi

Examples for himation

Lower part of male figure in high relief standing to the right, wearing what appears to be a himation, falling to the knees.

We mentioned before, that the himation was sometimes pulled over the back of the head like a veil.

Part of middle of female figure, standing to the left, wearing chiton and himation.

The rider wears a chiton with 50 short sleeves, and a himation.

The clothes she wore were no longer stola and palla, but chiton and himation.

On the right is Apollo wearing the dress of a minstrel, having a long chiton girt at the waist, and a himation.

Finally, the himation was again thrown over the left shoulder, so that the ends fell over the back.

The himation of Sparta was smaller than that at Athens, scarcely covering the person, and which was called the tribon.

Two female figures, each wearing a chiton and himation, stand to the front.

He approaches a female figure, of a larger scale, who wears a long chiton and himation.

Word Value for himation
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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