chimere

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

From Middle French chimarre, from Spanish zamarra. Cognate with French chamarre, simarre, Italian zimarra, of same origin. Doublet of simar, sable, and zimarra.

chimere (plural chimeres)

1. (ecclesiastical) The upper robe worn by some bishops of the Anglican communion, usually without sleeves.

From Middle English chimere.

chimere (plural chimeres)

1. Obsolete form of chimera.

• “chimere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Mecheir, rechime

chimere f

1. plural of chimera

• cheremi