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Clothing when you want it to sound like armor or a costume with secrets.
means The particular style or outfit someone wears, especially one that signals a role, rank, or occasion.
from Garb entered English in the 1500s from French garbe, borrowed from Italian garbo meaning grace or elegance of manner — itself likely rooted in a Germanic word related to 'shape' or 'form' (a cousin of the idea behind 'gear'). So the word started out meaning the graceful fashion or bearing of a person, and only later narrowed to mean the actual clothes producing that effect.
- origin
- from Italian garbo meaning grace or elegance
- usage shift
- once meant style, now means outfit
- vibe
- implies uniform, disguise, or theatrical intent
- synonym tell
- nobody says garb about sweatpants