Definition of burnous in English:
burnous
(US burnoose)
noun bəːˈnuːsbərˈnus
A long, loose hooded cloak worn by Arabs.
- He wiped his dripping forehead with his sleeve and readjusted his burnoose.
- The burnoose fell loose from her face for a moment.
- He does all this wearing a flowing caftan and a burnoose.
- A cape called a burnous is sometimes draped over the shoulders; it is made of linen for the summer and wool for the winter.
- Village men wear a burnous (a long, hooded robe) and baggy pants.
Origin
Late 16th century: French, from Arabic burnus, from Greek birros 'cloak'.
Rhymes
abstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, reduce, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus
Definition of burnoose in US English:
burnoose
(also burnous)
nounbərˈnusbərˈno͞os
A long, loose hooded cloak worn by Arabs.
- A cape called a burnous is sometimes draped over the shoulders; it is made of linen for the summer and wool for the winter.
- He wiped his dripping forehead with his sleeve and readjusted his burnoose.
- The burnoose fell loose from her face for a moment.
- He does all this wearing a flowing caftan and a burnoose.
- Village men wear a burnous (a long, hooded robe) and baggy pants.
Origin
Late 16th century: French, from Arabic burnus, from Greek birros ‘cloak’.