peplum
Meaning of peplum
noun
- A genre of Italian films based on historical or biblical epics.
- An individual film in this genre.
- A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth folded back upon itself halfway down so that the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. Compare the Roman palla.
- A veil.
Information about peplum
- It is a name.
- The plural form of peplum is: peplums.
- Languages in which peplum is used:
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Hyphenation of peplum
pe-plum
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- peplum is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
peplum synonyms
Meaning peplos:
Anagrams of peplum
Words that rhyme with peplum
plum, replum, triplum, exemplum, simplum, templum, cocoplum, sugarplum
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