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Meaning of laquearia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˌlæk.wiˈɛəɹ.i.ə/

Definitions

The panels of a coffered ceiling in Ancient Rome; a coffered ceiling.

historical, plural, plural-only

Examples

“[…] 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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

laquearius laqueus laquinimod Laquisha Laquita lar