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peplos(dictionary)

Wiyot (iou) and peplos (iou)


Wiyot (iou)



Wiyot noun & adjective. M19.
[Wiyot wiyat (people of) the Eel River delta.]
A. noun. Pl. same.
A member of an Algonquian people formerly living on the coast of northern California. M19.
The language of this people. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Wiyot or their language. E20.

peplos (iou)



peplos noun. , -ploses. L18.
[Greek.]
Greek Antiquities. A (usu. rich) outer robe or shawl worn by women in ancient Greece, hanging in loose folds and sometimes drawn over the head; spec. the one woven for the statue of the goddess Athene at Athens, and carried in procession to her temple at the greater Panathenaea.