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scyphate.

Concave or cup-shaped.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Concave or cup-shaped.

Where this word comes from

From Latin scyphātus, erroneously interpreted as scyphus (“cup, goblet”) + -ātus; in reality, probably derives from Arabic شَفَة (šafa, “edge, rim”), and refers to the distinctive and conspicuous border of the early histamena gold coins.

noun
  1. A concave or cup-shaped coin.

Where this word comes from

From Latin scyphātus, erroneously interpreted as scyphus (“cup, goblet”) + -ātus; in reality, probably derives from Arabic شَفَة (šafa, “edge, rim”), and refers to the distinctive and conspicuous border of the early histamena gold coins.

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