cyma reversa

[ ri-vur-suh ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. a cyma whose convex part projects beyond the concave part.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyma reversa¹

1555–65; < New Latin: literally, reversed cyma

Example Sentences

The Doric cyma is commonly called the beak-moulding, the Lesbian cyma the cyma reversa.

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