anadem, anademe

[Lat. anadem a; Gr. ἀνάδημα ( απαλēma ), for ἀναδέσμα ( anadesma ) = a band for women's hair.] garland or fillet. A chaplet or crown of flowers. "In anadems for whom they curiously dispose The red, the dainty white, the the goodly damask Drayton: Polyolb., Song 15, rose. "The self-lov'd will Of man or woman should not rule in them, But each with other wear the anademe ." B. Jonson: Masy, at Court. "At the end of [this song], Circe was seen upon the rock, quaintly attired, her hair loose about her shoulders, an anadem of flowers on her head, with a wand in her hand," W. Brown : Inner Temple Masque . "Sit light in wreaths and anadems ." Tennyson: The Palace of Art.