palladian
IPA: pʌɫˈeɪdiʌn
Root Word: Palladian
noun
- (architecture) An architect who designs buildings in the Palladian style.
- (architecture) A building or an architectural element (for example, a window) designed in the Palladian style.
adjective
- (Greek mythology, rare) Of or relating to Pallas, an epithet of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and potentially to other female Greek figures such as Pallas the daughter of Triton and granddaughter of Poseidon.
- (by extension, rare) Of or relating to knowledge, study, or wisdom.
- (astronomy) of or pertaining to the asteroid Pallas
- (architecture) In the style of the Italian neoclassical architect Andrea Palladio.
- (mineralogy) Containing tetravalent palladium.
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Examples of "palladian" in Sentences
- The house is in a late Palladian style.
- A fine example of Palladian architecture.
- A Palladian window is on the inside wall.
- Extremely crummy sketch of a Palladian window.
- Brettingham's house was in a late Palladian style.
- The church is an example of Palladian architecture.
- Above the entrance is a tripartite Palladian window.
- Burlington was the chief promoter of the Palladian style.
- His early work is a mixture of the Palladian and the Rococo.
- Palladian window would then become a redirect page to palladian architecture.
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