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Definition of Anadem
1. n. A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath.
Definition of Anadem
1. Noun. A headband, especially a garland of flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anadem
1. a wreath for the head [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anadem
Literary usage of Anadem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies and Exercises in Formal Logic: Including a Generalisation of Logical by John Neville Keynes (1884)
"Tennyson has the expression 'wreath or anadem.' Most readers would be quite
uncertain whether a wreath may be an anadem, or an anadem a wreath, ..."
2. The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method by William Stanley Jevons (1877)
"What would be the meaning, for instance, of " wreath or anadem " if, on referring
to a dictionary, we found anadem described as a wreath ? ..."
3. Pure Logic by William Stanley Jevons (1864)
"Tennyson has the expression ' wreath or anadem.' Most readers would be quite
uncertain whether a wreath may be an anadem, or an anadem a wreath, ..."