Kolpos excess fabric was pulled up over it. The fabric fell over the girdle so as to hide it, and was often pulled longer in back than in front. This fold was the kolpos. A second (visible) zone could be tied over the kolpos to redefine the waist, high or low. This might be hidden again by the apoptygma, the loose, folded down top of the peplos. Kolpos The kolpos (Greek: κόλποις κόλπον κόλπῳ, a gulf, bay or creek) is the "blousing" of a peplos, chiton or tunic in Ancient Greek clothing, whereby excess length of the material hangs folded over
Stereotype (printing) 1814. Over time, "stereotype" became a metaphor for any set of ideas repeated identically or with only minor changes. In fact, "cliché" and "stereotype" were both originally printers' words, and in their printing senses became synonymous. However, "cliché" originally had a slightly different meaning, being an onomatopoeic word for the sound that was made during the process of striking a block into molten type–metal during another form of stereotyping, later called in English "dabbing". The term "stereotype" derives from Greek στερεός ("stereos") "solid, firm" and τύπος ("tupos") "blow, impression, engraved mark" and in its modern sense was coined in 1798.