relating to or denoting a decorative style of bookbinding using interlaced leather straps, gilded ornamental scrolls, etc
Word origin
C19: named after Jean Grolier de Servières (1479–1565), French bibliophile
Grolier in American English
(ˈɡrouliər, French ɡʀɔˈljei)
adjective
pertaining to a decorative design (Grolier design) in bookbinding, consisting of bands interlaced in geometric forms
Word origin
[1820–30; named after J. grolier de servieres]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: insider, karma, myth, phonetic, tetrapod