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Word entry · 4 letters

robe

Best crossword clue

"Long loose garment"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ɹəʊb/Part of speech verb, nounSorted beorStarts with REnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2O3B4E

Definitions

  1. clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

Word origin

From Middle English robe, roobe, from Old French robe, robbe, reube (“booty, spoils of war, robe, garment”), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to tear, peel”).

Used in a sentence

  • Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all.
  • robed in glory

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Long loose garment4 letters
02Judge's garment4 letters

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