Meanings
nounlaquearia pl (plural only)
- historicalpluralplural onlyThe panels of a coffered ceiling in Ancient Rome; a coffered ceiling.
[…] stirred by the air / That freshened from the window, these ascended / In fattening the prolonged candle-flames, / Flung their smoke into the laquearia, / Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.
1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 18
Origin
- Latinlaqueāria
- Englishlaquearia
From Latin laqueāria.
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Rhymes with laquearia
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laquearia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laquearia
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“laquearia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laquearia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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