surplys

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /surˈpliːs/, /ˈsurplis/

Noun

surplys (plural surplyses)

  1. A surplice (clerical vestment, also referring to an ephod)
  2. A tunic similar to a surplice.

Descendants

  • English: surplice

References

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