单词 | praetexta |
释义 | praetexta in American English (priˈtekstə) nounWord forms: plural -textae (-ˈteksti) Also: pretexta1. (in ancient Rome) a white toga with a broad purple border, worn by priests and magistrates as an official costume, and by certain other Romans as ceremonial dress 2. a similar garment worn by a boy until he assumed the toga virilis, or by a girl until she married Word origin [1595–1605; ‹ L, short for toga praetexta lit., bordered toga. See pretext] |
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