klismos
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A light Ancient Greek chair with curved legs.
Example Sentences
- "Stephen Miller Siegel, a Manhattan architect and decorator, created a chic chartreuse-and-blue bedroom, with an immense Ruhlmann 1928 vanity from the Delorenzo Gallery; a pair of 18th-century Chinese trunks, a lacquer screen depicting the Tuileries Gardens and a pair of 18th-century Danish klismos chairs from H. M. Luther; and an embroidered linen screen from Liz O’Brien."
- "In the 19th century, brothers John and Hugh Finlay pioneered the Baltimore Fancy Chair, modeling its klismos back not after firsthand encounters with the ancient Greek perches but after representations on Grecian urns."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλισμός (klismós).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱley-, κλισμός