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dirndl

See also: Dirndl

English

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WOTD – 26 October 2023

Etymology

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A woman dressed in a dirndl.

Borrowed from German Dirndl, a diminutive of Dirne (“girl”) (Austria, Bavaria),[1] from Middle High German dierne (“girl; servant”), from Old High German diorna, thiorna (“girl; servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *þewernā (“maiden, young girl; female servant, handmaid”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flow; to run”).

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Noun

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dirndl (plural dirndls)

  1. A traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 1, in Crime out of Mind, New York, N.Y.: I. Washburn, →OCLC:
      On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. She is wearing Tyrolese costume: the low-cut white bodice with cross-laced velvet waistcoat, the floral apron and dirndl skirt.
  2. In full dirndl skirt: a full skirt with a tight waistband resembling one which is part of a traditional Alpine woman's dress.

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References

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  1. ^ “dirndl, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “dirndl, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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