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scaraboid, n. and a.|ˈskærəbɔɪd|
[f. scarab + -oid. Cf. Gr. καραβοειδής, also κᾱραβώδης like a κάραβος (see scarab).]
A. n.
1. Antiq. = scarabæoid n. b.
1879A. S. Murray in Encycl. Brit. X. 137/1 Four porcelain scaraboids from Camirus. 1886Guide Exhib. Galleries Brit. Mus. 54 Jasper scaraboid..[with] Phœnician inscription. Ibid. 190 The Greeks..had no favour for finger-rings with a beetle on the back of them. They preferred the scaraboid, with its plain, smooth back, for gems that were to be worn as swivel rings.
2. A scarabæid.
1891in Century Dict.
B. adj. Resembling a scarab or scaraboid.
1888A. S. Murray Brit. Mus. Catal. Engr. Gems Introd. 17 Gems of the true scaraboid form. |