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noun
Synonym of auricular style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
Topics: art, arts
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Synonyms: lobate style, Knorpelwerk, auricular style
Antonyms: none provided
History
Coined with reference to the flowing figures of the style, "in which undulating, slithery and boneless forms occasionally carry a suggestion of the inside of an ear or of a conch shell."
