topee

topee

See also: topeé

English

A man, left, wearing a topee

Etymology

From Hindi टोपी (ṭōpī, “a hat”).

Noun

topee (plural topees)

1. A pith helmet.
   • 1933, Peter Fleming, Brazilian Adventure: A Quest Into the Heart of the Amazon, 2011, page 203,

     I lent my topee to Camarião, who looked extremely odd in it.

   • 1968, Paul Scott, The Day of the Scorpion [The Raj Quartet, Volume 2], 1998, page 444,

     There were a few people on the platform, among them two Indian police, and a station oflicial with a white topee.

   • 1979, Dudley Pope, Convoy, 2001, page 138,

     'Not a drop of perspiration on his face,' Ned had commented, 'and in the tropics now no one wears a topee, except certain regiments, and Peter the Planter's type of topee blows off in anything over a five-knot breeze.'

Synonyms

• (pith helmet): sola topee, solar topee

Anagrams

• EPETO, poete, poëte

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Spanish

Verb

topee

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of topear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of topear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of topear.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of topear.