EuroLex/E/Topless 1

topless


 * Original language: English (not an English word, but an Anglicism nevertheless)
 * Original form and meaning: n. +2a 'a bathing costume without top'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Romanian: toples(s) [= English], 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: journalese, modern; Russian: toples < kupal'nyi kostyum bez verkha (creat.), end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: modern; Bulgarian: < monokini; Greek: toples, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: journalese, modern;

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