araeostyle

noun

arae·​o·​style

əˈrēəˌstīl

variants or areostyle

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ˈarēō-

plural -s

: an intercolumniation of usually four or more diameters

Word History

Etymology

earlier areostylos, from Latin araeostylos, adjective, having such an intercolumniation, from Greek araiostylos, from araios thin, weak, intermittent + stylos pillar

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