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acrolith
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- In ancient Greece: a statue with the head and extremities made of stone and the trunk usually of wood.
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Origin
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mid 19th century. From classical Latin acrolithos (Vitruvius), acrolithus (attested in an inscription) having extremities of marble from Hellenistic Greek ἀκρόλιθος having the ends of stone from ancient Greek ἄκρο- + λίθος stone; originally after German Akrolith
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