foliation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From French foliation, from Latin folium (“leaf”).

All the mouldings of the ceiling--all the crossing bars and sinuous lines of the richly-worked pattern, all the depending bosses and roses of it, all the foliations of the deep cornice--sprang into bold relief, outlined, splashed, and stained with living scarlet. — The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance, Lucas Malet

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