Definitions for samite

samite sam·ite

Spelling: [sam-ahyt, sey-mahyt]
IPA: /ˈsæm aɪt, ˈseɪ maɪt/

Samite is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in samite (aeimst).

Definitions for samite

noun

  1. a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.

Origin of samite

1300-50; Middle English samit Old French Medieval Latin examitium, samitium Greek hexámiton, neuter of hexámitos having six threads. See hexa-, Examples for samite

Such stuff, when of great thickness and value—so thick that six threads of silk or hemp were in the warf—was called ‘samite.’

The palace was beautifully decorated with hangings of purple and samite.

And he informed the Monk of Cluny how he had lost his poniard and his scarf of blue samite.

samite and Sendal are the two generally named in our English romances.

It's a word that always thrills me, "samite, mystic, wonderful."

Always the skeptic, Mallory raised a corner of the samite in order to make certain that he was not being cheated.

samite was a silk material, of which no more is known than that it was very expensive, and had a glossy sheen, like satin.

Doucebelle, watching her with deep yet concealed interest, fancied she saw tears glistening on the samite.

With that, he unfastened the samite over-cloak he wore, and took from his neck a string of priceless pearls.

Then he caused them to rest in fair beds, covered with cloth of samite, and they slept even to the morrow without stirring.

Word Value for samite
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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