triglyph. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

triglyph


SYLLABICATION:	tri·glyph
PRONUNCIATION:	trglf
ADJECTIVE:	Architecture An ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block having on its face two parallel vertical glyphs or grooves and two half grooves or chamfers on either vertical end, that separates the metopes.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin trglyphus, from Greek trigluphos : tri-, three; see trei- in Appendix I + gluph, carving; see glyph.
OTHER FORMS:	tri·glyphic —ADJECTIVE


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