anadem

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The idea that the tears shed by this Dream herself (or perhaps other Dreams) upon the lock are 'frozen,' and thus stand in lieu of pearls upon an anadem or circlet, seems strained, and indeed incongruous: one might wish it away 11.

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  1. noun Archaic A wreath or garland for the head.

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  • The idea that the tears shed by this Dream herself (or perhaps other Dreams) upon the lock are 'frozen,' and thus stand in lieu of pearls upon an anadem or circlet, seems strained, and indeed incongruous: one might wish it away 11. —  Adonais
  • With incense and with anadem, —  Ionica
  • The wreath upon him, like an anadem, —  The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 1
  • She wrought with branch and anadem, —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator
  • Idris was as the star, set in single splendour in the dim anadem of balmy evening; ready to enlighten and delight the subject world, shielded herself from every taint by her unimagined distance from all that was not like herself akin to heaven. —  The Last Man
 

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  1. Latin anadēma, from Greek, from anadein, to bind up : ana-, ana- + dein, to bind.

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  1. from Latin anadēma, from Greek ἀνάδημα, a head-band or fillet, from ἀναδεῑν, bind up, wreathe, crown, from ἀνά, up, + δεῑν, bind. Cf. diadem.
 

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