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prostyle

prostyle adjective: having pillars only along the front side.

Adjective

prostyle (not comparable)

  1. Having pillars only along the front side

Noun

prostyle (plural prostyles)

  1. A building having pillars only along the front side

Forms of prostyle

pluralprostyles

Origin of prostyle

Ancient Greek πρόστυλος (próstulos, “having pillars”).

Words formed from prostyle

Questions about prostyle

What does prostyle mean?
Prostyle means having pillars only along the front side.
What part of speech is prostyle?
Prostyle can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prostyle in the dictionary

  1. prostriate
  2. prostriates
  3. prostrike
  4. Prosts
  5. prosty
  6. prostyle
  7. prostyles
  8. prostyloi
  9. prostylos
  10. prosub
  11. prosubs

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