supercilium

[soo-per-sil-ee-uhm]

su·per·cil·i·um

[soo-per-sil-ee-uhm]
noun, plural su·per·cil·i·a [-sil-ee-uh] . Architecture.
1.
the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
2.
(on an Attic base) either of the fillets above and below the scotia.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin: eyebrow, haughtiness, equivalent to super- super- + -cilium eyelid, akin to cēlāre to conceal, English hull, Greek kaliá hut, shrine; compare -ium
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Supercilium is always a great word to know.
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any of a number of similar major vertical divisions of a large interior or wall; a division of a window between a mullion and an adjoining mullion or jamb
an enclosure beside a church such as an atrium or cloister
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supercilium su·per·cil·i·um (s&oomacr;'pər-sĭl'ē-əm)
n. pl. su·per·cil·i·a (-ē-ə)

  1. The eyebrow.

  2. An individual hair of the eyebrow.

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