hypotrachelium
/ˈhɪ.pəʊ.trəˌkiː.lɪ.əm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the case of the Hansell House in Rosewell, Georgia, […] the mason, in endeavoring to indicate the hypotrachelium, or gorgerin, or whatever is the right name for the incised lines which in the Greek Doric play somewhat the part that the astragal plays in the Roman orders, made a very broad incision all around the shaft with the point of his trowel, but unfortunately held its blade the wrong way, so that the shadow effect is lost and no proper drip is formed."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hypotrachelium, from Ancient Greek ὑποτραχήλιον (hupotrakhḗlion), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”).