Peplum

What do we mean by peplum?

A short overskirt or ruffle attached at the waistline of a jacket, blouse, or dress. noun

In recent use, a long and pointed overskirt draped over the underskirt of a dress, slightly in the fashion of the ancient Greek robe. noun

In anc. Gr. Costume, a himation or upper garment, in shape like a voluminous shawl, worn by women, thrown over one arm and thence wrapped in various ways, according to individual taste, around the body, sometimes even drawn over the head. noun

A peplos. Hence: An overskirt hanging like an ancient peplos; also, a short fitted skirt attached to a waist or coat. noun

A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist; compare the Roman palla. noun

A veil. noun

A genre of Italian film featuring historical or biblical epics noun

An individual film in this genre noun

A flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse noun

A garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist noun

A genre of Italian films based on historical or biblical epics.

An individual film in this genre.

Words that are spelled similarly to peplum:
peplum, peplus, replum, pellum.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word peplum:
ursus, spaghetti, craze, hercules, samson, sergio, genre, jacket, starring, directed, adventure, slave, credited, film, starred, filmed, howard, rome, italian, italy, written, featuring, greek, sometimes, historical, western, character, role.

Adjectives that are often used to describe peplum:
short, greek, white, long, blue, antique, flared, scarlet, grecian, sacred, ruffled, length, flaring, deep, purple, pleated, full, light, roman, bordered, colored, doric, black, radiant, clean.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective peplum:
effect, dress, waist.

Words that sound like peplum:
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