anadem

[ an-uh-dem ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a garland or wreath for the head.

anadem

/ ˈænəˌdɛm /

noun

1. poetic.
   a garland for the head

Word History and Origins

Origin of anadem¹

1595–1605; < Latin anadēm ( a ) headband < Greek, derivative of anadeîn to bind up ( ana- ana- + dē- verbid stem of deîn to bind) + -ma noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of anadem¹

C17: from Latin anadēma wreath, from Greek anadēma, from anadein to wreathe, from ana- + dein to bind

Example Sentences

Anadem, an′a-dem, n. a band or fillet bound round the head: a wreath or chaplet of flowers.

From Project Gutenberg

But like a thing nailed down The burning gold held fast the anadem, And through her locks, the more she scattered them, Came fire the fiercer, till to earth she fell A thing—save to her sire—scarce nameable, And strove no more.

From Project Gutenberg

Can I forget how Love once led the ways Of our two lives together, joining them; How every hour was his anadem, And every day a tablet in his praise!

From Project Gutenberg

Drunken slaves lay on the floor, singing and touching goblets with drunken senators; men, rouged and clad in women's garments, were singing to the accompaniment of harps indecent dithyrambics, while they had twined the feminine anadem upon their heads with oak leaves, the simple ornament of civic virtue.

From Project Gutenberg

His squalid discontent they saw, And, for that he had worshipped them With incense and with anadem, They willed his wintry world should thaw; And at thy cradle did decree That fifteen years should pass, and thou Should'st breathe upon that pallid brow Favonian airs of mirth and glee.

From Project Gutenberg