English Explanatory Dictionary

chacmool

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɑkˌmoʊl/

Word forms

chacmool chacmools chacmooles chac mool chac-mool chacmol

Etymology

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chak moʼol (“jaguar”, literally “red paw”). The name was first given by Augustus Le Plongeon to a statue of this type discovered at Chichén Itzá in 1875.

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