zophorus

[ zoh-fer-uhs ]

noun

, plural zo·pho·ri [zoh, -f, uh, -rahy].

1. a frieze having representations of people or animals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zophorus¹

1555–65; < Latin zōphorus < Greek zōiophóros. See zoo-, -phore

Example Sentences

Thus freese, or freeze, from frigesco; but freeze, an architectonick word, from zophorus; but freeze, for cloth, from Frisia, or perhaps from frigesco, as being more fit than any other for keeping out the cold.

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