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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκρωβύλος
- English todaykrobylos
From Ancient Greek κρωβύλος (krōbúlos).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An ancient Athenian hairstyle in which the hair was rolled up into a kind of knot on the crown of the head, and fastened with golden clasps in the shape of grasshoppers. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek κρωβύλος (krōbúlos).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.