cilice

英 ['sɪlɪs] 美 ['sɪlɪs]
  • n. 粗毛布所制衬衣;粗毛布;马尾衬

英文词源


cilice (n.)
Old English cilic, from Latin cilicium "a covering," a type of coarse garment (used especially by soldiers and sailors), originally one of Cilician goat hair, from Greek kilikion "coarse cloth," from Kilikia "Cilicia" in Asia Minor. By tradition in Greek mythology the place was named for Cilix, a son of the Phoenician king Agenor.

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