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- Italian · borrowed fromcontorniato
- English todaycontorniate
From Italian contorniato, present participle of contorniare (“to make a circuit or outline”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
contorniate
Today it means: A bronze medal or medallion with a deep furrow on the contour or edge, supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. Full definition →
Italian contorniato