poet. [ad. L. anadēm-a, a. Gr. ἀνάδημα a band to tie up the hair, a headband, f. ἀνα-δέ-ειν to bind up.] A wreath for the head, usually of flowers; a chaplet, a garland.
1604. Drayton, Owle, 1168. Drest this Tree with Anadems of flowers.
1613. W. Browne, Brit. Past., II. iii. (1772), 135. Sweet anadems to gird thy brow.
c. 1800. K. White, Poems (1837), 52. No more our nobles love to grace Their brows with anadems by genius won.
1821. Shelley, Adonais, xi. Another clipt her profuse locks, and threw The wreath upon him, like an anadem.
