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Synonyms for garb

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : gahrb
Phonetic Transcription : gɑrb

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Définition of garb

Origin :
  • 1590s, "elegance, stylishness," from Middle French garbe "graceful outline" (Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo "grace, elegance," perhaps from Germanic (cf. Old High German gar(a)wi "dress, equipment, preparation;" see gear). Sense of "fashion of dress" is first attested 1620s.
  • noun clothing
  • verb fit with clothes
Example sentences :
  • The lover took his garb, and he took the letters; and he hastened hither.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Here spoke the true spirit of the gentleman, though he was but in the garb of a peasant.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Their name, their garb, and work did so intoxicate and bewitch me.'
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • He is a Jesuit by his garb; he is much more so than they are by his 'savoir-vivre'.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • Was she not ever before them in the garb of purity and love!
  • Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith
  • His garb was composed of rags, tied to his body by the free use of rope.
  • Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
  • In this fanciful tale Plato has dropped, or almost dropped, the garb of mythology.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • But Dunkirk in that year of grace, 1917, did not always wear so peaceful a garb.
  • Extract from : « Submarine Warfare of To-day » by Charles W. Domville-Fife
  • He was dressed in the garb of a civilian, and was entirely unarmed.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • It is for this reason that we welcome the present work in its English garb.
  • Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich

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