xoanon

[prettygoodword]

xoanon - n., an ancient Greek cult image of simply carved wood.


Or even barely carved. Wikipedia has a good potted summary, in this case. From Greek ξόανον, carved image, from ξέειν, to scrape, carve.

---L.

Comments

[janni.livejournal.com]

That would make a most excellent Scrabble word.