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Meaning of tegument | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt

Definitions

  1. Something which covers; a covering or coating.
  2. A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Equivalents

العربية لبس
Cymraeg gorchudd
Deutsch Bedeckung
Ελληνικά μεμβράνη
Latina tegimen
Polski oprawa osłona

Examples

“1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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