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Malar

//ˈmeɪlə// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the cheek. not-comparable

    "Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance."

Noun
  1. 1
    The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.
  2. 2
    the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).

Etymology 2

From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).

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