Tunic
noun
A loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the wearer's knees, as worn in ancient times.
The ancient Greek man wore a white tunic.
Often appears as...
- roman tunic
- greek tunic
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Historical
noun
A simple slip-on garment made with or without sleeves, typically knee-length or longer, and worn by men and women in ancient Rome or Greece.
She wore a silk tunic over a slip.
Often appears as...
- silk tunic
- cotton tunic
noun
In modern use, a tunic can be a long shirt or blouse that women wear over pants or skirts.
She paired her jeans with a long tunic.
Often appears as...
- long tunic
- summer tunic
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Modern
noun
A short coat or jacket reaching to the hips, typically worn as a uniform.
The nurse wore a light-blue tunic.
Often appears as...
- nurse's tunic
- uniform tunic
noun
In botany, a protective or enclosing layer or layers of tissues.
The onion's tunic helps protect it from disease and insects.
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Technical
noun
An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue.
The eye's tunica helps protect it from damage.
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Technical
noun
A loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the wearer's knees, as worn in ancient times.
The ancient Greek man wore a white tunic.
Often appears as...
- roman tunic
- greek tunic
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A simple slip-on garment made with or without sleeves, typically knee-length or longer, and worn by men and women in ancient Rome or Greece.
She wore a silk tunic over a slip.
Often appears as...
- silk tunic
- cotton tunic
noun
In modern use, a tunic can be a long shirt or blouse that women wear over pants or skirts.
She paired her jeans with a long tunic.
Often appears as...
- long tunic
- summer tunic
Usage tips
Modern
noun
A short coat or jacket reaching to the hips, typically worn as a uniform.
The nurse wore a light-blue tunic.
Often appears as...
- nurse's tunic
- uniform tunic
noun
In botany, a protective or enclosing layer or layers of tissues.
The onion's tunic helps protect it from disease and insects.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue.
The eye's tunica helps protect it from damage.
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Ancient Garment
The word 'tunic' can imply historical clothing, often associated with ancient civilizations.
For the play, he dressed in a tunic to portray a Roman senator.
Pro Tip 2/2Visualize Length
Visualize a tunic reaching the knees; this helps understand its typical length in ancient contexts.
In the museum, the statues were adorned with tunics that reached just above their knees.
Pro Tip 1/2Ancient Garment
The word 'tunic' can imply historical clothing, often associated with ancient civilizations.
For the play, he dressed in a tunic to portray a Roman senator.
Pro Tip 2/2Visualize Length
Visualize a tunic reaching the knees; this helps understand its typical length in ancient contexts.
In the museum, the statues were adorned with tunics that reached just above their knees.
Pro Tip 1/2Ancient Garment
The word 'tunic' can imply historical clothing, often associated with ancient civilizations.
For the play, he dressed in a tunic to portray a Roman senator.
Pro Tip 2/2Visualize Length
Visualize a tunic reaching the knees; this helps understand its typical length in ancient contexts.
In the museum, the statues were adorned with tunics that reached just above their knees.
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Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
seeing them so even though he did have colors us but it wouldn't guarantee a society again it takes the fun out of it and then it's just it's I think it's it's boring and unstimulating to be perfectly honest so I'm quite glad that the animals a dirt have any colors on it and luckily for us the tunic had you
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The Real Amazons PIPE...
public walls and paintings in people's houses and on pottery if you were looking at a piece of ancient greek pottery it's pretty easy to pick out the amazons first of all they're women second they're decked out for battle you'll see them wearing helmets tunics and pants they're carrying weapons bows
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The Costumes PIPE Killing...
mean that's on its own I'm like I feel something different happening and then the clothes and sandals and you know the cloak - the tunic the transformation is great it's so fantastic to have all of this because it helps I was very keen to get away from the sort of sanitized look
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Music and creativity in...
and, arguably most importantly, to dance. And, of course, we play music ourselves because, well, it's a pleasant thing to do. Thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece, when it came to music, things weren't much different. They might have had lyres and tunics
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Series Intro: Inside the...
my friend can you get a thousand tunics yeah each of them confronts the driving forces behind this illicit trade supply and domain for all of us this is a story of tragedy a story of hope but most of all it's a story that needs to be heard
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Mysterious Purple Blob...
octopus yeah coming in my fingers for it it has it is that could that be a cell or a type of a tunic it I'm just thinking of the plankton planktonic kind that are sort of lumpy and thick like that I'm stuffed
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How your pictures can...
some of them missing their heads or arms, yet the clothing that they are wearing and their pose can still tell us their story. For example, we believe that by wearing a knee-length tunic
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Excavating a Burial...
BASEM We can realize all the detail-- the hairs, eyes, nose, lips, and even the necklace, the green necklace from emerald. And the tunic, the Greek tunic, which is painted in purple.
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Children of U.S. Civil...
and my father said yes so lincoln had given him the reports to read on the uh thing lincoln had known my father had been severely wounded so he'd ask him to take off his tunic so
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Safari Live - Day 356 PIPE...
which I'm presuming includes pheasants Sen a day those are all the quails and they all belong to the genus quartering caught hot tunics for tunics car tunics
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Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
seeing them so even though he did have colors us but it wouldn't guarantee a society again it takes the fun out of it and then it's just it's I think it's it's boring and unstimulating to be perfectly honest so I'm quite glad that the animals a dirt have any colors on it and luckily for us the tunic had you
Video examples
The Real Amazons PIPE...
public walls and paintings in people's houses and on pottery if you were looking at a piece of ancient greek pottery it's pretty easy to pick out the amazons first of all they're women second they're decked out for battle you'll see them wearing helmets tunics and pants they're carrying weapons bows
Video examples
The Costumes PIPE Killing...
mean that's on its own I'm like I feel something different happening and then the clothes and sandals and you know the cloak - the tunic the transformation is great it's so fantastic to have all of this because it helps I was very keen to get away from the sort of sanitized look
Video examples
Music and creativity in...
and, arguably most importantly, to dance. And, of course, we play music ourselves because, well, it's a pleasant thing to do. Thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece, when it came to music, things weren't much different. They might have had lyres and tunics
Video examples
Series Intro: Inside the...
my friend can you get a thousand tunics yeah each of them confronts the driving forces behind this illicit trade supply and domain for all of us this is a story of tragedy a story of hope but most of all it's a story that needs to be heard
Video examples
Mysterious Purple Blob...
octopus yeah coming in my fingers for it it has it is that could that be a cell or a type of a tunic it I'm just thinking of the plankton planktonic kind that are sort of lumpy and thick like that I'm stuffed
Video examples
How your pictures can...
some of them missing their heads or arms, yet the clothing that they are wearing and their pose can still tell us their story. For example, we believe that by wearing a knee-length tunic
Video examples
Excavating a Burial...
BASEM We can realize all the detail-- the hairs, eyes, nose, lips, and even the necklace, the green necklace from emerald. And the tunic, the Greek tunic, which is painted in purple.
Video examples
Children of U.S. Civil...
and my father said yes so lincoln had given him the reports to read on the uh thing lincoln had known my father had been severely wounded so he'd ask him to take off his tunic so
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Safari Live - Day 356 PIPE...
which I'm presuming includes pheasants Sen a day those are all the quails and they all belong to the genus quartering caught hot tunics for tunics car tunics
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Adrienne Mayor
American Historian
An ancient Scythian nomad skeleton buried with an eagle was reportedly excavated near Aktobe Gorge, Kazakhstan. Ancient petroglyphs in the Altai region depict eagle hunters, and inscribed Chinese stone reliefs show eagles perched on the arms of hunters in tunics, trousers, and boots, identified as northern nomads (1st to 2nd century A.D.).
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Twiggy
English Model
I prefer 100 per cent cotton Ts. They are kinder to lumps and bumps than figure-hugging stretchy Lycra ones and feel nicer against the skin. Extra-long-sleeved T-shirts are a lifesaver for me. I wear them either underneath a shirt with the sleeve pulled out of the cuff, or underneath gypsy tops, tunic tops and waistcoats.
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Mary McFadden
American Designer
In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier creations was a range of tunics, made from silk procured from the islands of Madagascar.
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
There's nothing like listening to the drone of QVC's always-bubbly pitchwomen, as they try to move loose-fitting tunics with 'just the right amount of sparkle,' to soothe you into a healing slumber.
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Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
American Designer
But for the vacation with my kids in the Bahamas, I'll bring a Michael Kors white gauze tunic, white Dolce & Gabbana jeans, Prada sandals, a ring by Iradj Moini, and enamel bracelets from Hermes.
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Natalie Massenet
American Businesswoman
You can get a slouchy woman's tunic at different price points. But if you want a great pair of trousers or a dress with delicate pleating, you're going to have to spend a little more.
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Saint Bernard
Saint
There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Adrienne Mayor
American Historian
An ancient Scythian nomad skeleton buried with an eagle was reportedly excavated near Aktobe Gorge, Kazakhstan. Ancient petroglyphs in the Altai region depict eagle hunters, and inscribed Chinese stone reliefs show eagles perched on the arms of hunters in tunics, trousers, and boots, identified as northern nomads (1st to 2nd century A.D.).
Quote examples
Twiggy
English Model
I prefer 100 per cent cotton Ts. They are kinder to lumps and bumps than figure-hugging stretchy Lycra ones and feel nicer against the skin. Extra-long-sleeved T-shirts are a lifesaver for me. I wear them either underneath a shirt with the sleeve pulled out of the cuff, or underneath gypsy tops, tunic tops and waistcoats.
Quote examples
Mary McFadden
American Designer
In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier creations was a range of tunics, made from silk procured from the islands of Madagascar.
Quote examples
Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
There's nothing like listening to the drone of QVC's always-bubbly pitchwomen, as they try to move loose-fitting tunics with 'just the right amount of sparkle,' to soothe you into a healing slumber.
Quote examples
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
American Designer
But for the vacation with my kids in the Bahamas, I'll bring a Michael Kors white gauze tunic, white Dolce & Gabbana jeans, Prada sandals, a ring by Iradj Moini, and enamel bracelets from Hermes.
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Natalie Massenet
American Businesswoman
You can get a slouchy woman's tunic at different price points. But if you want a great pair of trousers or a dress with delicate pleating, you're going to have to spend a little more.
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Saint Bernard
Saint
There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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