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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromφυλλοβολία
- English todayphyllobolia
From Ancient Greek φυλλοβολία (phullobolía), from φύλλον (phúllon) and βάλλω (bállō).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
phyllobolia
Today it means: In Ancient Greece, the showering of a victorious athlete or bridal couple with leaves or flower petals. Full definition →
Ancient Greek φυλλοβολία