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klismos

American

[kliz-mos] / ˈklɪz mɒs /

noun

klismoi

an ancient Greek chair, having a deep top rail curving forward from the back, and having legs curving upward and inward: imitated during various classical revivals, especially in the early 19th century.

< Greek, akin to klī́nein to lean ¹

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