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triglyphic

Variant of triglyph

noun

in a Doric frieze, a slightly projecting, rectangular block occurring at regular intervals and having two vertical grooves (glyphs) and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides

Origin: L triglyphus < Gr triglyphos: see tri- & glyph

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triglyphic adjective

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