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krobylos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kroby-los
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient Athenian hairstyle in which the hair was rolled up into a kind of knot on the crown of the head, and fastened with golden clasps in the shape of grasshoppers.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρωβύλος (krōbúlos).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: κρωβύλος

Inflected Forms

krobyloi (plural)

Questions

What does krobylos mean?
An ancient Athenian hairstyle in which the hair was rolled up into a kind of knot on the crown of the head, and fastened with golden clasps in the shape of grasshoppers.
Where does krobylos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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