cymoid

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cyma +‎ -oid.

Alternative forms

Adjective

cymoid (comparative more cymoid, superlative most cymoid)

  1. (architecture) Resembling a cyma.

References

  • “Cymoid, a.” listed on page 1,303 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
      Cyme (səi·moid), a.  Resembling a cyma. 1815 T. Forster Atmos. Phenom. 145 Before storms a feature of cirrostratus appears, of a cymoid figure, like some architectural ornaments. Ibid. 193 The curious cymoid feature..is not merely alternate bars, but the bars are curiously curved. 1846 in Worcester, and in later Dicts.
  • “cymoid, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary

Etymology 2

From cyme +‎ -oid.

Adjective

cymoid (comparative more cymoid, superlative most cymoid)

  1. (botany) Having the form of a cyme.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cymoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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