kouros

kou·ros

noun \ˈkü-ˌrȯs\

plural kou·roi\-(ˌ)rȯi\

Definition of KOUROS

: an ancient Greek statue of a nude male youth standing with the left leg forward and arms at the sides

Origin of KOUROS

Greek kouros, koros boy — more at crescent

First Known Use: 1920

Rhymes with KOUROS

across, backcross, brown sauce, bugloss, club moss, crisscross, duck sauce, emboss, Greek cross, hard sauce, Kinross, lacrosse, oakmoss, outcross, pathos, peat moss, pit boss, Red Cross, ringtoss, straw boss, tau cross, topcross, uncross, white sauce