peplum

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The peplum -- that 80s-style frill around the hips of skirts and dresses that made an appearance for winter -- is going nowhere for spring '09.

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

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  • I'm not even sure what a peplum is, but I know one of you will enlighten me. —  Laura Lipmann - By a Spider's Tread
  • "Marge held out for that darling silk suit with the peplum, until I pulled out the velvet gown at the back of your closet." —  Ledbetter, Suzann - North of Clever
  • This, as it turned out, was false deliverance: the film was Avi Nesher's bizarre spaghetti-peplum remake of She , which had already been on the shelf for two years, and still deserves to chart high on anyone's list of 100 Films to Die Before You See. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#214
  • The shapeless gown of cotton geppling shifted on her hips, appeared to draw itself up into a peplum or a bustle, and then it snaked off. —  SON OF A WITCH
  • Trends: Jumpsuits, ankle trousers, peplum, florals —  Stylehive Blog
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin, robe of state, from Greek peplon, neuter of peplos, peplos.

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  1. Latin, also peplus, from Greek πέπλος, (in plural πέπλα as if from a singular *πέπλον), a peplum (see def.).
 

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/ˈpɛpləm/
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