Definitions for pretexta
pretexta
pre·tex·ta
Spelling: [pree-tek-stuh]
IPA: /priˈtɛk stə/
Pretexta is a 8 letter English word.
You can make 163 anagrams from letters in pretexta (aeeprttx).
Definitions for pretexta
noun
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praetexta.
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(in ancient Rome) a white toga with a broad purple border, worn by priests and magistrates as an official costume, and by certain other Romans as ceremonial dress.
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a similar garment worn by a boy until he assumed the toga virilis, or by a girl until she married.
Origin of pretexta
1595-1605; Latin, short for toga praetexta literally, bordered toga. See pretext