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supercilium

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su⋅per⋅cil⋅i⋅um

  [soo-per-sil-ee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -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; < L: eyebrow, haughtiness, equiv. to super- super- + -cilium eyelid, akin to cēlāre to conceal, E hull, Gk kaliá hut, shrine; cf. -ium
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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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