Definitions For Cymoid

Etymology 1

cyma + oid

Alternative forms

cymatoid {{qualifier, rare}}

Adjective

(architecture) Resembling a cyma.

References

“” listed on page 1,303 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1893]  Cyme ({{enPRchar, səi·moid}}), a. [f. Cyma + -oid.] Resembling a cyma. 1815 T. Forster Atmos. Phenom. 145 Before storms a feature of cirrostratus appears, of a cymoid figure, like some architectural ornaments. Ibid. 193 The curious cymoid feature..is not merely alternate bars, but the bars are curiously curved. 1846 in Worcester, and in later Dicts. “” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 2

cyme + oid

Adjective

(botany) Having the form of a cyme.

Anagrams

mycoid