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Protogeometric

or Pro·to-ge·o·met·ric, pro·to-ge·o·met·ric, Pro·to-Ge·o·met·ric

[ proh-toh-jee-uh-me-trik ]

adjective

, (sometimes lowercase)
  1. pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece chiefly during the 10th century b.c. and characterized by use of abstract geometrical motifs.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Protogeometric1

First recorded in 1925–30; proto- + geometric

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