单词 | modillion |
释义 | modillion[ moh-dil-yuhn, muh- ] / moʊˈdɪl yən, mə- / noun Architecture.an ornamental cantilever beneath the corona or similar member of a cornice, stringcourse, etc. Origin of modillion1555–65; <Italian modiglione<Vulgar Latin *mutiliōnem, variant of *mūtuliōnem, accusative of *mūtuliō.See mutule, -ion Words nearby modillionmodified radical mastectomy, modified-release, modifier, modify, Modigliani, modillion, modiolus, modish, modiste, Modjeska, Modoc Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for modillionmodillion / (məˈdɪljən) / nounarchitect one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice, esp as used in the Corinthian orderCompare mutule Word Origin for modillionC16: via French from Italian modiglione, probably from Vulgar Latin mutiliō (unattested), from Latin mūtulus mutule Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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