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cyma

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈsaɪ.mə/Part of speech nounSorted acmyStarts with CEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An S-shaped molding used in architecture.

Word origin

From New Latin cȳma (“young sprout or shoot of cabbage”) (whence the botanic usage of cyme), from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave”, “cyma”, “sprout of a plant”), from κύω (kúō, “to conceive, to become pregnant”).

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  • […] while the double-cyma or classical curve of his mouth was not without a looseness in its close.

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