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hypaethric

hypaethric is the alternative form of hupaithric.

Meaning of hupaithric

Adjective

hupaithric (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Roofless; open to the sky.
    • that spacious cell
      Like an upaithric temple wide and high,
      Whose aëry dome is inaccessible,
      Was pierced with one round cleft through which the sunbeams fell.1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...

Questions about hypaethric

What is hypaethric the alternative form of?
Hypaethric is the alternative form of hupaithric.

Words near hypaethric in the dictionary

  1. hypabyssally
  2. hypaconine
  3. hypaethra
  4. hypaethral
  5. hypaethrals
  6. hypaethric
  7. hypaethron
  8. hypakoe
  9. hypakoes
  10. hypakoë
  11. hypakoës

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