First Known Use: 1664
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entasis
noun en·ta·sis \ˈen-tə-sis\
plural en·ta·ses\-tə-ˌsēz\
Definition of ENTASIS
: a slight convexity especially in the shaft of a column
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Origin of ENTASIS
Greek, literally, distension, stretching, from enteinen to stretch tight, from en- 2en- + teinein to stretch — more at thin
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