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
- I told palladian to go kill himself just last month!
- The entrance is pure palladian in grey and white marble.
- I know palladian had no malice when he made his comment.
- Hey, thanks for the advice on the kettles, palladian and all.
- I would like to identify you as "palladian", a New York City renaissance man.
- I would like to identify you as "palladian", a New York City renaissance man."
- As a palladian fan - I hope he doesn't respond, leaving your pre-pubescent effort hanging out there limply.
- "As a palladian fan - I hope he doesn't respond, leaving your pre-pubescent effort hanging out there limply."
- See, if you'd read any of those silly, musty, un-checked-out books, you might have some idea what "palladian" might mean.
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