tiara
/tiˈɑɹə/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms tiaras tiarae tiaræ tiaraing tiaraed
- noun The three-tiered papal crown.
- noun An ornamental coronet.
- verb (rare, transitive) To adorn as a tiara. “Brilliants tiaraed her head.”
- verb (very rare, transitive) To adorn with a tiara. “He tiaraed her head.”
- proper noun A female given name from English from the noun tiara
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára), of unknown ultimate origin.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.
- noun The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “tiara”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details