acrolith

American

[ak-ruh-lith] / ˈæk rə lɪθ /

noun

a sculptured figure having the head and extremities of stone and the torso of other material.

acrolith British

/ ˈækrəlɪθ /

noun

(esp in ancient Greek sculpture) a wooden, often draped figure with only the head, hands, and feet in stone

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Other Word Forms

acrolithic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of acrolith

1840–50; < Latin acrolithus < Greek akrólithos. See acro-, -lith

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Acrolith, ak′ro-lith, n. a statue of the earlier Greek artists having the trunk made of wood and the extremities of stone.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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