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pseudoperipteral

pseudoperipteral adjective: falsely or imperfectly peripterous.

Adjective

pseudoperipteral (not comparable)

  1. Falsely or imperfectly peripterous
    • A temple is pseudoperipteral if it has the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or at one end.

Origin of pseudoperipteral

From pseudo- + peripteral.

Questions about pseudoperipteral

What does pseudoperipteral mean?
Pseudoperipteral means falsely or imperfectly peripterous.
What part of speech is pseudoperipteral?
Pseudoperipteral is an adjective.

Words near pseudoperipteral in the dictionary

  1. pseudoperidium
  2. pseudoperiod
  3. pseudoperiodic
  4. pseudoperiplasm
  5. pseudoperiplasmic
  6. pseudoperipteral
  7. pseudoperipteros
  8. pseudoperithecia
  9. pseudoperithecium
  10. pseudoperitoneal
  11. pseudoperitoneum

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