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uraniscus

[ yoor-uh-nis-kuhs ]

noun

, Architecture.
, plural u·ra·nis·ci [y, oo, r-, uh, -, nis, -ahy].
  1. a starlike ornament, as in a coffer of a ceiling.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of uraniscus1

< Greek ouranískos ceiling, equivalent to ouran ( ós ) heaven + -iskos diminutive suffix

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