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anthemion

anthemion noun: an ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers.

Noun

anthemion (plural anthemions or anthemia)

  1. An ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers.
    • Mr. Moore ran copper cresting in the form of anthemion leaves around the top of a bay window on the side of the house, and he put low, curved eyebrow dormers on either side of the third-floor gable.2008 June 22, Christopher Gray, “Brooklyn’s Stately Esplanade”, in New York Times

Forms of anthemion

pluralanthemions
pluralanthemia

Origin of anthemion

From Ancient Greek ἀνθέμιον (anthémion), from ἄνθος (ánthos).

Questions about anthemion

What does anthemion mean?
Anthemion means an ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers.
What part of speech is anthemion?
Anthemion is a noun.
What is the plural of anthemion?
The plural of anthemion is anthemions.

Words near anthemion in the dictionary

  1. anthemia
  2. anthemic
  3. anthemically
  4. anthemics
  5. antheming
  6. anthemion
  7. anthemions
  8. anthemiphylliid
  9. anthemiphylliids
  10. anthemis
  11. anthemises

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