| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| ovolo |
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| SYLLABICATION: | o·vo·lo |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    v -l |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. o·vo·li (-l )
A rounded convex molding, often a quarter section of a circle or ellipse. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete Italian, diminutive of uovo, ovo, egg, from Latin vum. See awi- in Appendix I.
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