anthemion

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anthemion

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From Ancient Greek ἀνθέμιον (anthémion), from ἄνθος (ánthos).

noun anthemions · anthemia

An ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers. Mr. Moore ran copper cresting in the form of anthemion leaves around the top of a bay window on the side of the house, and he put low, curved eyebrow dormers on either side of the third-floor gable.

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noun ornamental design

Ελληνικά	ανθέμιο anthémio

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@misc{anthemion_2026,
  title = {anthemion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anthemion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}